Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)
湖の琴
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her.
- Date of release
- 1966-11-13
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Tomotaka Tasaka
Casting
- Yoshiko Sakuma — Saku
- Katsuo Nakamura — Ukichi Matsumiya
- Minoru Chiaki — Kitao Momose
- Michiyo Kogure — Suzuko
- Kirin Kiki — Kayo Sugumo
- Hisano Yamaoka — Matsue Torii
- Kunie Tanaka — Kenkichi Ohara
- Junko Miyazono — Teruko
- Chiyo Okada — Masuko
- Akiko Kazami — Tatsu
- Kisashichi Okayasu
- Jun Hamamura — Kahei Iwata
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Lake of Tears is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka. It was Japan's submission to the 39th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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