Ancient City (古都, Koto), also known as The Old Capital[2][3] 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.[4][5][6] Momoe Yamaguchi and Masaya Oki made their last appearances in the film.
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| Kanji | 古都 | ||||
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| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa | ||||
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| Based on | The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata | ||||
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| Cinematography | Kiyoshi Hasegawa[1] | ||||
| Music by | Shinichi Tanabe[1] | ||||
Production company | Hori Planning Production[1] | ||||
| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 125 minutes[1] | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
It is a remake of the 1963 film Twin Sisters of Kyoto.
Cast
edit- 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
editKoto 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
editDonald 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."[7]
References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Galbraith 2008, p. 325.
- ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2013). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors - From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611725315.
1980 Koto / The Old Capital / Ancient City
- ^ Inuhiko, Yomota (April 16, 2019). What Is Japanese Cinema? - A History. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231549486.
Ichikawa Kon's Old Capital (Koto, 1980)
- ^ "Kinema Jumpo - Koto (1980)" (in Japanese).
- ^ Quandt, James (2001). Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario. p. 429-437. ISBN 0-9682969-3-9.
- ^ Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (2007). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Routledge. pp. 149–151. ISBN 9781134334223.
- ^ Richie, Donald (1982). The Japanese Movie (Rev ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 199. ISBN 4770097670.
Sources
edit- 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
edit- Ancient City at IMDb
- Koto at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- "Koto". CinemaScape (in Japanese).
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