Koto: The Ancient City
1980, Japanese. Directed by Kon Ichikawa.
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...
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 20 December 1980
- Original title
- 古都
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kon Ichikawa, Shinya Hidaka
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Koto: The Ancient City runs 125 minutes (2h 5m).
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Koto: The Ancient City isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 December 1980. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Koto: The Ancient City?
Koto: The Ancient City (1980) was directed by Kon Ichikawa and stars Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Jun Izumi.