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Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 20, 1980

Runtime

2h 5m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

古都

Production Companies

Horipro

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Description

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...