2 Movies Starring Yèko Kotegawa

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-12-30

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (840 Reviews)

Director:

Kon Ichikawa

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Shin'ya Hidaka

Kon Ichikawa

Jun'ichirè Tanizaki (novel)

Fullplot:

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.

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-07

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3314 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Umanosuke Iida (original story)

Nana Shiina (screenplay)

Naoko Kakimoto (screenplay)

John Burgmeier (adaptation)

Fullplot:

It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary. The machine, which has preserved a beautiful girl named Tula from the past, is activated. Tula has a "mission" that had been entrusted to her by the past ...

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