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Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Drama · 1h 09m
A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes this, thinking that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them.
Cast
Isuzu Yamada
O-mocha
Yōko Umemura
Umekichi
B
Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
Eitarō Shindō
Kudo
Taizō Fukami
Kimura
S
Shizuko Takizawa
Ochiyo
N
Namiko Kawashima
Oemi Furusawa
F
Fumio Okura
Jurakudo
S
Sakurako Iwama
Omasa Kudô
S
Somenosuke Hayashiya
Sadakichi
R
Reiko Aoi
Umeryu
M
Mitsuzo Tachibana
Tachibana the driver
Crew
- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Writer
- Yoshikata Yoda, Kenji Mizoguchi
- Novel
- Aleksandr Kuprin
- Director of Photography
- Shigeto Miki
- Editor
- Tazuko Sakane
- Producer
- Masaichi Nagata
Details
- Original title
- 祇園の姉妹
- Release date
- 1936-10-15
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Daiichi Eiga