Film

Sisters

1955 · 1h 34m · Drama

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant company house to study in the city. They stay with their kind-hearted aunt and her jovial but heavy-drinking carpenter husband. Keiko, the 17-year-old eldest of five siblings, is gentle and responsible, while 14-year-old Toshiko is lively and childlike, affectionately called "Konchi."

Hitomi Nozoe

Hitomi Nakahara

Taketoshi Naitō

Yūko Mochizuki

Akitake Kōno

Hiroko Kawasaki

Jun Tatara

Tanie Kitabayashi

Mayumi Kurata

城久美子

Yoshi Katō

Masao Oda

Taiji Tonoyama

Kunio Mita

Tamotsu Tamura

Kiyoshi Nonomura

• Miyoji IekiWriter · Director
• Kaneto ShindōWriter
• Fumi KuroyanagiNovel
• Saburo TatenoProducer
• Seiichi KizukaDirector of Photography
• Umeko NumazakiEditor

Release date

April 10, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama