Koto—The Lake of Tears

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her.

• Tomotaka TasakaDirector
• Naoyuki SuzukiScreenplay
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

• Yoshiko SakumaSaku
• Katsuo NakamuraUkichi Matsumiya
• Minoru ChiakiKitao Momose
• Michiyo KogureSuzuko
• Kirin KikiKayo Sugumo
• Hisano YamaokaMatsue Torii
• Kunie TanakaKenkichi Ohara
• Junko MiyazonoTeruko
• Chiyo OkadaMasuko
• Akiko KazamiTatsu
• Kisashichi OkayasuCast
• Jun HamamuraKahei Iwata