Kyoto Story (2010)

  • NR
  • 09/18/2010 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 30m

A young woman in a committed relationship falls for a handsome scholar.

Overview

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up comedian. A visiting lecturer from Tokyo falls head-over-heels in love with Kyoko and asks her to go abroad with him to Beijing, where he has to spend the next few years for his research. But Kyoko cannot decide.

Yoji Yamada

Screenplay, Story, Director

Tsutomu Abe

Director

Cast

Hana Ebise's headshot

Hana Ebise

Kyoko
Yoshihiro Usami's headshot

Yoshihiro Usami

Kota
Sotaro Tanaka's headshot

Sotaro Tanaka

Enoki
Rei Dan's headshot

Rei Dan

Narrator (voice)

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