The Ancient Capital

Kon Ichikawa
Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomoharu Miura, Keiko Kishi, Jun Izumi, Yuki Kitajima
1980
Japan
Completed
Japanese
125 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as古都,is aJapanProducerwomen sex,At1980Released in year
。The dialogue language isJapanese,Current Douban rating7.7(For reference only)。
Chikuko (played by Momoe Yamaguchi) and Mako (played by Momoe Yamaguchi) are a pair of twin sisters. After their birth, the elder sister Chikuko is abandoned due to their family's poverty and is fortunately adopted by a silk wholesaler, becoming a pampered young lady. The younger sister Mako, although not abandoned by her parents, becomes an orphan in her infancy and grows up to support herself by cultivating Japanese cedar in the mountains. By chance, their similar appearances lead to a revelation of their true identities through a belt. When a thunderstorm strikes, with no shelter in the cedar forest, Mako selflessly protects her sister with her own body. The sisters reunite after a long separation, but due to their differing lifestyles, they ultimately cannot be together. To ensure her sister's happiness is not affected, Mako chooses to retreat to the remote mountains…