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Koto: The Ancient City
JAPAN · 1980

Koto: The Ancient City

Kon Ichikawa
adoption family identity coming of age Kyoto setting parental bonds
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Synopsis

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 tell

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