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Koto—The Lake of Tears

"A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her."

Cast

213473

Yoshiko Sakuma

as Saku
70121

Katsuo Nakamura

as Ukichi Matsumiya
7454

Minoru Chiaki

as Kitao Momose
108025

Michiyo Kogure

as Suzuko
43663

Kirin Kiki

as Kayo Sugumo
135136

Hisano Yamaoka

as Matsue Torii
99247

Kunie Tanaka

as Kenkichi Ohara
226743

Junko Miyazono

as Teruko
1584149

Chiyo Okada

as Masuko
1032664

Akiko Kazami

as Tatsu
2032883

Kisashichi Okayasu

as

97629

Jun Hamamura

as Kahei Iwata
552649

Tokue Hanazawa

as Gempachi
1378968

Ganjirō Nakamura II

as Samezaemon
5139101

Kaoru Kyōmachi

as

1623426

Reiko Otori

as

1979222

Kunijirō Yanagi

as

1974314

Shintaro Nasu

as

2851451

Shōtarō Ōtsuki

as

1910769

Kyōnosuke Murai

as

1466800

Ryūko Azuma

as

1466801

Mie Hayashi

as

5720824

波千鶴

as

1194655

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

as

1949902

Hideo Shimada

as

1270577

Gorō Naniwa

as

1999043

Ren Takahashi

as

2162528

Ayako Satō

as

5416122

美松艶子

as

1979240

Michiyo Kusunoki

as

Crew

1011376

Tomotaka Tasaka

Director
1466802

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction
1307397

Masahiko Iimura

Director of Photography
1032241

Hiroshi Okawa

Executive Producer
1200239

Tsutomu Mizukami

Original Story
1120841

Naoyuki Suzuki

Screenplay
1605350

Hiroo Nozu

Sound Recordist
1594773

Hiroshi Watada

Lighting Technician
18609

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer
1204855

Shintarō Miyamoto

Editor
141131

Motohiro Torii

Assistant Director