The Makioka Sisters
Sasameyuki
1983, Film, 140 min, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 69
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Cast
- Yoshiko Sakuma as Sachiko Makioka
- Sayuri Yoshinaga as Yukiko Makioka
- Yûko Kotegawa as Taeko Makioka
- Jūzō Itami as Tatsuo Makioka, Tsuruko's husband
- Takenori Emoto as Higashidani
- Ittoku Kishibe as Itakura
- Yonedanji Katsura as Okuhata
- Michino Yokoyama as Itani
- Miki Sanjō as Ohisa
- Taiko Shinbashi as Mrs. Jinba
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