- HD 1080
- Runtime: 125m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kon Ichikawa
- Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Jun Izumi, Yukari Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Ishida
- Production_studio: Horipro
- The Koto: The Ancient City is featured in the top rankings of 1980
- #99 in Top Drama Movies of 1980
Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned that her parents are not her biological parents. Cheiko's mother told her that she was stolen while sleeping under a cherry tree in Gion, Kyoto, Japan, but Chieko doesn't believe that. Her relationship with her parents is very close. Chieko only tells her childhood friend Shinichi, but...