Film
Sisters of the Gion
1936 · 1h 9m · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 89%
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Isuzu Yamada
O-mocha
Yōko Umemura
Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
Eitarō Shindō
Kudo
Taizō Fukami
Kimura
Shizuko Takizawa
Ochiyo
Namiko Kawashima
Oemi Furusawa
Fumio Okura
Jurakudo
Sakurako Iwama
Omasa Kudô
Somenosuke Hayashiya
Sadakichi
Reiko Aoi
Umeryu
Mitsuzo Tachibana
Tachibana the driver
Gennyo Mimasu
Ohan Sadakichi
Crew
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector · Writer
- Yoshikata YodaWriter
- Aleksandr KuprinNovel
- Masaichi NagataProducer
- Shigeto MikiDirector of Photography
- Tazuko SakaneEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 15, 1936
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Drama
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