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The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

1983 · 140 min · JA · 7.2 (37 votes)
Dir. Kon Ichikawa · Starring Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuko Kotegawa, Koji Ishizaka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa
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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.

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A wistful, visually lush immersion into a fading aristocratic world. It feels like a delicate, unfolding scroll painting, capturing the ephemeral beauty of seasons and a family's quiet decline.

elegiacmelancholicsensualnostalgicslow-burnperiod dramaarthouselyricalvisual poetrytradition vs modernityfamilysocial classseasonal change
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