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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 |
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.
It is a remake of the 1963 film Twin Sisters of Kyoto.
1980 Koto / The Old Capital / Ancient City
Ichikawa Kon's Old Capital (Koto, 1980)