


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

Jun Hamamura
Otokichi

Akiji Kobayashi
Seitaro Jinba

Kazuya Kosaka
Nomura

Jun Hashizume
Soldier

Miki Sanjō
Ohisa

Kuniko Miyake
Tominaga's Aunt

Akemi Negishi
Mrs. Shimozuma

Nobuko Sendo
Hashidera's Daughter
Taeko Shinbashi
Mrs. Jinba
Fujio Tsuneta
Igarashi
Mancho Tsuji
Miyoshi
Kon Ichikawa
Shinya Hidaka, Kon Ichikawa
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