1936
7.2 (71 votes)
1h 9m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Daiichi Eiga
Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Writer: Yoshikata Yoda, Kenji Mizoguchi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Director of Photography: Minoru Miki
Top Cast
Isuzu Yamada
O-mocha
Yōko Umemura
Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
Namiko Kawashima
Oemi Furusawa
Fumio Okura
Jurakudo
Taizō Fukami
Kimura
Eitarō Shindō
Kudo
Sakurako Iwama
Omasa Kudô
