Ancient City (film)

Ancient City
Theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji古都
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKoto
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Screenplay by
  • Shinya Hidaka
  • Kon Ichikawa
Based onThe Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata
Produced by
  • Takeo Hori
  • Hideo Sasai
Starring
CinematographyKiyoshi Hasegawa
Music byShinichi Tanabe
Production
company
Hori Planning Production
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 6 December 1980 (1980-12-06) (Japan)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryJapan

Ancient City (古都, Koto), also known as The Old Capital is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's novel The Old Capital. Momoe Yamaguchi and Masaya Oki made their last appearances in the film.

It is a remake of the 1963 film Twin Sisters of Kyoto.