Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion

7.1
|October 15, 1936|1h 9m|Movie
Drama

Storyline

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.

Top Cast

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

O-mocha

Yōko Umemura

Yōko Umemura

Umekichi

?

Benkei Shiganoya

Shimbei Furusawa

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kudo

Taizō Fukami

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

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers

Yoshikata Yoda, Kenji Mizoguchi

Status

Released

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