Sisters of the Gion
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- Runtime
- 69 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Isuzu Yamada
- Yōko Umemura
- Benkei Shiganoya
- Namiko Kawashima
- Fumio Okura
- Taizō Fukami
- Eitarō Shindō
- Sakurako Iwama
- Somenosuke Hayashiya
- Reiko Aoi
- Shizuko Takizawa
- Mitsuzo Tachibana
- Gennyo Mimasu
Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
Producers
- Masaichi Nagata
