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.
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
Takenori Emoto
Higashiya
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.
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