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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.624 |
Directed By
Kon Ichikawa
Crew
Shinya Hidaka
Junichirō Tanizaki
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
Matsuko Tanizaki
Kon Ichikawa
Shinobu Muraki
Keiichi Tago
Tetsuya Ohashi
Hiroshi Saitô
Kazuko Numata
Kimi Yoneyama
Ikuko Murakami
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Sadakazu Saitô
Keiko Harada
Tadamitsu Nishida
Tsuneo Shimura
Hideyuki Takai
Kimi Yoneyama
Chizuko Osada
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Shinnosuke Okawa
Toshiyuki Watanabe
TOP 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
Takenori Emoto
Higashiya
Jun Hamamura
Otokichi
Akiji Kobayashi
Seitaro Jinba
Kazuya Kosaka
Nomura
Jun Hashizume
Soldier
Miki Sanjō
Ohisa
Kuniko Miyake
Tominaga's Aunt
Akemi Negishi
Mrs. Shimozuma
Nobuko Sendo
Hashidera's Daughter
Taeko Shinbashi
Mrs. Jinba
Fujio Tsuneta
Igarashi
Mancho Tsuji
Miyoshi
Michino Yokoyama
Itani
Kayoko Shiraishi
Restaurant Owner
Takao Zushi
Otokichi's Son
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