Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Gion no kyôdai
95 min
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.
- Release date
- October 15, 1936
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Isuzu Yamada as O-Mocha
- Yōko Umemura as Umekichi
- Benkei Shiganoya as Shimbei Furusawa
- Eitarō Shindō as Sangoro Kudo, the drygoods merchant
- Taizō Fukami as Tamotsu Kimura
- Shizuko Takizawa as Ochiyo
- Fumio Ōkura as Jurakudo, the antiques dealer
- Namiko Kawashima as Oemi Furusawa
- Sakurako Iwama as Omasa Kudô
- Somenosuke Hayashiya as Sadakichi
- Reiko Aoi as Umeryu
Crew
- Kenji Mizoguchi · Director
- Aleksandr Kuprin · Writer
- Kenji Mizoguchi · Writer
- Yoshikata Yoda · Writer
- Masaichi Nagata · Producer
- Minoru Miki · Cinematographer
- Tazuko Sakane · Editor