Koto (film)
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Koto | |
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Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | The novel by Yasunari Kawabata |
Produced by |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Kiyoshi Hasegawa[1] |
Music by | Shinichi Tanabe[1] |
Production company | Hori Planning Production[1] |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Koto (古都) is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's novel The Old Capital.[2] Momoe Yamaguchi and Masaya Oki made their last appearances in the film.
It is a remake of the 1963 film Twin Sisters of Kyoto.
Cast
- Momoe Yamaguchi as Chieko Sada/Myoko
- Tomokazu Miura
- Masaya Oki as Ryusuke Mizuki
- Jun Hamamura
- Akiji Kobayashi as Endō
- Takeshi Katō as Yahei Mizuki
- Keiko Kishi as Shige Sada
Release
Koto received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on December 6, 1980 where it was distributed by Toho.[1] It received a regular theatrical release in Japan on December 20, 1980.[1]
Reception
Donald Richie writes in The Japanese Movie that "Ichikawa dramatizes alienation in his remake of Kawabata's Koto, where twin sisters long-separated meet again and must face a dramatized estrangement."[3]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Galbraith 2008, p. 325.
- ^ "Kinema Jumpo - Koto (1980)" (in Japanese).
- ^ Richie, Donald (1982). The Japanese Movie (Rev ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 199. ISBN 4770097670.
Sources
- Galbraith, Stuart IV (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Lanham, Md.: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3. OCLC 852899281. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
External links
- Koto at IMDb
- Koto at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- "Koto". CinemaScape (in Japanese).
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