The Makioka Sisters
This lyrical adaptation of the beloved novel by Junichiro Tanizaki was a late-career triumph for director Kon Ichikawa. Structured around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business, in the years leading up to the Pacific War. The two oldest have been married for some time, but according to tradition, the rebellious youngest sister cannot wed until the third, conservative and terribly shy, finds a husband. This graceful study of a family at a turning point in history is a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs, shot in rich, vivid colors.
Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Audie Bock
New cover by Peter Mendelsund
Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Audie Bock
New cover by Peter Mendelsund
Cast
- Keiko Kishi
- Tsuruko
- Yoshiko Sakuma
- Sachiko
- Sayuri Yoshinaga
- Yukiko
- Yuko Kotegawa
- Taeko
- Juzo Itami
- Tatsuo
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa
- Hashidera
- Koji Ishizaka
- Teinosuke
Credits
- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Producer
- Kon Ichikawa
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Shinya Hidaka
- Screenplay
- Kon Ichikawa
- Based on the novel by
- Junichiro Tanizaki
- Script consultant
- Matsuko Tanizaki
- Cinematography
- Kiyoshi Hasegawa
- Editing
- Chizuko Osada
- Original music by
- Shinnosuke Okawa
- Original music by
- Toshiyuki Watanabe
- Production design
- Shinobu Muraki
- Sound recorded by
- Tetsuya Ohashi
- Lighting by
- Kojiro Sato
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