Koto (film)

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. 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. 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."