Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 69 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Kenji Mizoguchi,
Description:
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 as O-mocha
- Yōko Umemura as Umekichi
- Benkei Shiganoya as Shimbei Furusawa
- Eitarō Shindō as Kudo
- Taizō Fukami as Kimura
- Shizuko Takizawa as Ochiyo
- Namiko Kawashima as Oemi Furusawa
- Fumio Okura as Jurakudo
- Sakurako Iwama as Omasa Kudô
- Somenosuke Hayashiya as Sadakichi
- Reiko Aoi as Umeryu
- Mitsuzo Tachibana as Tachibana the driver
- Gennyo Mimasu as Ohan Sadakichi