Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)

Original title

古都

Directed by

Noboru Nakamura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is about twin sisters who were separated at birth and later meet. One grew up in Kyoto with a loving family and the other had a very different life. The story follows their encounter.

bittersweetmeditativeelegiacquietly emotionalatmosphericgentlereflectivepoignant

What happens

Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Japanese: 古都, Hepburn: Koto) is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura, based on the novel The Old Capital (1962) by Nobel Prize laureate Yasunari Kawabata. The film was Japan's submission for the 1964 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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