Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City 1980

Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned that her parents are not her biological parents. Cheiko's mother told her that she was stolen while sleeping under a cherry tree in Gion, Kyoto, Japan, but Chieko doesn't believe that. Her relationship with her parents is very close. Chieko only tells her childhood friend Shinichi, but...

  • Released: 1980-12-20
  • Runtime: 125 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Stars: Masaya Oki, Ayako Hosho, Miki Sanjō, Akiji Kobayashi, Tomokazu Miura, Jun Izumi, Nobuyuki Ishida, Jun Hamamura, Yuki Kitazume, Fujio Tokita, Momoe Yamaguchi, Yukari Yamamoto, Takeshi Katō, Keiko Kishi
  • Director: Kon Ichikawa