The Makioka Sisters

Overview

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.

Stream

Criterion Channel

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Top cast

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

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Takenori Emoto

Higashiya

Jun Hamamura

Otokichi

Akiji Kobayashi

Seitaro Jinba

Kazuya Kosaka

Nomura