Koto The Ancient City (1980)
Also Known As: The Old Capital
Directed by: Kon Ichikawa
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Year: 1980
Genre: Drama
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Plot:
The Old Capital (translated English title of the Japanese Koto, which refers to the city Kyoto) is a novel by Yasunari Kawabata originally published in 1962. Although Kawabata did not consider it his best work, it shares the same themes as his other novels. The Old Capital was one of only three novels cited by the Nobel Committee in awarding the 1968 Prize for Literature to Kawabata. The other two were Snow Country and Thousand Cranes.
Chieko Sada is the daughter of Takichiro and Shige, who operate a kimono wholesale business in Kyoto. Now twenty, Chieko has known for years that she was a foundling adopted by Takichiro and Shige. Soon after a chance encounter at Yasaka Shrine, Chieko learns of a twin sister Naeko, who had remained in her home village in Kitayama working in the mountain forests north of the city. The identical looks of Chieko and Naeko confuse Hideo, a traditional weaver, who is a potential suitor of Chieko.
A film adaptation was made in 1980 by director Kon Ichikawa. The movie was the last in which actress Momoe Yamaguchi appeared before she retired to marry her co-star, Tomokazu Miura.
The first adaptation was The Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963), directed by Noboru Nakamura.
Cast:
Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura and Keiko Kishi
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