The Old Capital

Overview

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times. Mai is a college student and has not decided whether to take another job or take over the dry goods store. Meanwhile, Mitsuko Nakata runs a forestry in the outskirts of Kyoto. Mitsuko is Chieko Sanda’s twin sister, but they were separated at an early age. Mitsuko is in serious financial difficulties. Mituko's daughter, Yui, has talent in art and she goes to France. There, Yui feels a sense of powerlessness. Mitsuko notices and goes to Paris to see her daughter. Mai travels to Paris to take part in an event to show Japanese culture.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 3, 2016

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Anna Aoi,Ai Hashimoto,Yasuko Matsuyuki,Riko Narumi,Shono Hayama,Asahi Kurizuka,Tsuyoshi Ihara,Eiji Okuda,Shuhei Umeda,Reina Aoi

Director

Yuki Saito

Writer

Yasunari Kawabata

Producer

Yoshikuni Murata,Masa Yoshida

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt5811338