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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'. 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 End

* Takeshi Kat 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. It received a regular theatrical release in Japan on December 20, 1980.

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."

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