Fresh
Makes the melodramatic seem positively majestic.
David Fear, Time Out New York
The Makioka Sisters
1983 · 2h 20m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Kon Ichikawa
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.
Director and cast
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Fresh
The Makioka Sisters is a Whartonian work of compassionate nostalgia tinctured with irony.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
Ichikawa has always been a difficult director to pin down. His work here seems to inhabit a static, novelistic space, but the final result is personal and elegantly filled out.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
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