Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion (1936)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1936-10-15
  • User Rating: 7.0/10 from 82 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 9min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Daiichi Eiga
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Summary

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.

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  • Isuzu Yamada

    as O-mocha
  • Yōko Umemura

    as Umekichi
  • Benkei Shiganoya

    as Shimbei Furusawa
  • Eitarō Shindō

    as Kudo
  • Taizō Fukami

    as Kimura
  • Shizuko Takizawa

    as Ochiyo
  • Namiko Kawashima

    as Oemi Furusawa
  • Fumio Okura

    as Jurakudo
  • Sakurako Iwama

    as Omasa Kudô
  • Somenosuke Hayashiya

    as Sadakichi
  • Reiko Aoi

    as Umeryu
  • Mitsuzo Tachibana

    as Tachibana the driver
  • Gennyo Mimasu

    as Ohan Sadakichi
Production Masaichi Nagata Producer
Writing Yoshikata Yoda Writer
Directing Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Editing Tazuko Sakane Editor
Writing Kenji Mizoguchi Writer
Lighting Kazuo Kishi Gaffer
Directing Kōichi Takagi Assistant Director
Writing Aleksandr Kuprin Novel
Camera Shigeto Miki Director of Photography
Sound Hisashi Kase Sound Designer

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