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Koto—The Lake of Tears [湖の琴]

Release Year
1966
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Directed By
Tomotaka Tasaka
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 & Crew

Cast

Yoshiko Sakuma

Saku

Katsuo Nakamura

Ukichi Matsumiya

Michiyo Kogure

Suzuko

Hisano Yamaoka

Matsue Torii

Kunie Tanaka

Kenkichi Ohara

Junko Miyazono

Teruko

Chiyo Okada

Masuko

Akiko Kazami

Tatsu

Kisashichi Okayasu

Jun Hamamura

Kahei Iwata

Tokue Hanazawa

Gempachi

Ganjirô Nakamura II

Samezaemon

Crew

Tomotaka Tasaka

Director

Naoyuki Suzuki

Screenplay

Masahiko Iimura

Director of Photography

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Shintarô Miyamoto

Editor

Hiroshi Watada

Lighting Technician

Tsutomu Mizukami

Original Story

Hiroo Nozu

Sound Recordist

Motohiro Torii

Assistant Director

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Hiroshi Ookawa

Executive Producer

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