Koto: The Ancient City

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...

• Kon IchikawaDirector
• Shinya HidakaWriter
• Kon IchikawaWriter
• Shin'ichi TanabeOriginal Music Composer

• Momoe YamaguchiChieko / Naeko
• Tomokazu MiuraCast
• Jun IzumiCast
• Yukari YamamotoGeisha
• Nobuyuki IshidaHideo (a weaver)
• Yuki KitazumeCast
• Akiji KobayashiCast
• Jun HamamuraCast
• Fujio TokitaCast
• Miki SanjōEndo's wife
• Ayako HoshoCast
• Takeshi KatōCast