The Makioka Sisters

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.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

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

T

Takenori Emoto

Higashiya

Jun Hamamura

Otokichi

Akiji Kobayashi

Seitaro Jinba

Kazuya Kosaka

Nomura

J

Jun Hashizume

Soldier

Miki Sanjō

Ohisa

Kuniko Miyake

Tominaga's Aunt

Akemi Negishi

Mrs. Shimozuma

Nobuko Sendo

Hashidera's Daughter

T

Taeko Shinbashi

Mrs. Jinba

F

Fujio Tsuneta

Igarashi

M

Mancho Tsuji

Miyoshi

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