The Makioka Sisters (1983)
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.
- Released
- 1983-05-21
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Kon Ichikawa
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 50 votes
Cast
- Keiko Kishi as Tsuruko Makioka
- Yoshiko Sakuma as Sachiko Makioka
- Sayuri Yoshinaga as Yukiko Makioka
- Yuko Kotegawa as Taeko Makioka
- Koji Ishizaka as Teinosuke
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Hashidera
- Ittoku Kishibe as Itakura
- Jūzō Itami as Tatsuo
- Takenori Emoto as Higashiya
- Jun Hamamura as Otokichi
- Akiji Kobayashi as Seitaro Jinba
- Kazuya Kosaka as Nomura