Koto (film)
It is a remake of the 1963 film "Twin Sisters of Kyoto". Release. "Koto" received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on December 6, 1980 where it was distributed by Toho. It received a regular theatrical release in Japan on December 20, 1980. Reception. Donald Richie writes in "The Japanese Movie" that "Ichikawa dramatizes alienation in his remake of Kawabata's "Koto", where twin sisters long-separated meet again and must face a dramatized estrangement."