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Overview

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7.0/10   16 votes
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Director:
Noboru Nakamura
Writers:
Toshihide Gondo (writer)
Yasunari Kawabata (book)
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Release Date:
March 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins more
User Comments:
Gentle story of twins separated at birth more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Shima Iwashita ... Chieko / Naeko
Hiroyuki Nagato ... Hideo Otomo
Seiji Miyaguchi ... Takichiro Sada
Teruo Yoshida ... Ryusuke Mizuki
Tamotsu Hayakawa ... Shinichi Mizuki
Eijirô Tôno ... Sosuke Otomo
Yoshiko Nakamura ... Shige
Michiyo Tamaki ... Masako
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kakuko Chino ... Geisha Girl
Chieko Naniwa ... Madam
Haruo Tanaka ... Uemura
Eijirô Yanagi ... Sohei Mizuki
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Movie Connections:
Version of Koto (1980) more

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Gentle story of twins separated at birth, 23 February 2002
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Author: Sam Yanari

A beautiful girl, treated as an only child by considerate adoptive parents, is shocked to meet her identical twin at a fair. She learns that she and her twin sister were separated immediately after birth because of superstitions. Her twin had an unhappy upbringing. An earnest suitor is confused as to which of the two he should pursue.

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