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* '''Movie:''' Koto<br />
* '''Romaji:''' Koto<br />
* '''Japanese:''' 古都<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Kon Ichikawa]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Yasunari Kawabata (writer)|Yasunari Kawabata]] (novel), [[Shinya Hidaka]], [[Kon Ichikawa]]<br />
* '''Producer:''' Takeo Hori, Hideo Sasai<br />
* '''Cinematographer:''' Kiyoshi Hasegawa <br />
* '''Release Date:''' December 6, 1980<br />
* '''Runtime:''' 125 min.<br />
* '''Distributor:''' [[Toho]]<br />
* '''Language:''' Japanese<br />
* '''Country:''' Japan<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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 ... <br />
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==Notes==<br />
# Based on novel "Koto" by Yasunari Kawabata (published June 25, 1962 by Shinchosha).<br />
# Singer/actress [[Momoe Yamaguchi]] married frequent co-star [[Tomokazu Miura]] on November 19, 1980 and retired from the entertainment industry. Movie "Koto" is the last acting performance by [[Momoe Yamaguchi]].<br />
# Related titles (based on the same novel):<br />
## [[Twin Sisters of Kyoto]] | Koto (1963)<br />
## [[Koto (1980)|Koto]] (1980)<br />
## [[Koto (TV Asahi)|Koto]] (TV Asahi / 2005)<br />
## [[The Old Capital]] | Koto (2016)<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Momoe Yamaguchi]] - Chieko Sada<br />
* [[Enjyaku Jitsukawa]] - Takichiro Sada<br />
* [[Keiko Kishi]] - Shige Sada<br />
* [[Tomokazu Miura]] - Seisaku<br />
* [[Yuuki Kitazume]] - Mizuki Shiniti<br />
* [[Masaya Oki]] - Ryusuke<br />
* [[Nobuyuki Ishida]] - Hideo<br />
* [[Takeshi Kato (1929)|Takeshi Kato]] - Yahei Mizuki<br />
* [[Jun Hamamura (1906)|Jun Hamamura]] - Sozo Otomo<br />
* [[Akiji Kobayashi (1930)|Akiji Kobayashi]] - Endo<br />
* [[Fujio Tokita (1937)|Fujio Tokita]] - Kenmochi<br />
* [[Jun Izumi (1957)|Jun Izumi]] - Masako Amemiya<br />
* [[Ayako Hosho (1917)|Ayako Hosho]] - tea store owner<br />
* [[Yukari Yamamoto (1959)|Yukari Yamamoto]] - geisha<br />
* [[Miki Sanjo (1928)|Miki Sanjo]] - Endo's wife<br />
* [[Ako Tomizawa (1958)|Ako Tomizawa]] - village girl<br />
* [[Keiko Yagi(actress)|Keiko Yagi]] - village girl<br />
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