The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Overview
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.
Cast
Keiko Kishi
Tsuruko Makioka
Yoshiko Sakuma
Sachiko Makioka
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Yukiko Makioka
Yuko Kotegawa
Taeko Makioka
Koji Ishizaka
Teinosuke
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Hashidera
Ittoku Kishibe
Itakura
Jūzō Itami
Tatsuo
Jun Hamamura
Otokichi
Akiji Kobayashi
Seitaro Jinba
Kazuya Kosaka
Nomura
Miki Sanjō
Ohisa
Kuniko Miyake
Tominaga's Aunt
Akemi Negishi
Mrs. Shimozuma
Nobuko Sendo
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