The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Drama · Romance
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 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