The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

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Release Date

5/21/1983

Runtime

140 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A leisurely, sensual immersion in the rhythms of an upper-class Japanese family as seasons and years slip past. The film savors small moments and domestic rituals as delicately as it watches cherry blossoms fall.

Mood

WistfulContemplativeBittersweetIntimate

Themes

FamilyComing of ageMemory

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

PainterlyNaturalistic

Structure

Ensemble

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