Film
Sisters of the Gion
Japan- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Year
- 1936
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.
Top cast
Isuzu Yamada
O-mocha
Yōko Umemura
Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
Eitarō Shindō
Kudo
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
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by
Yoshikata Yoda, Kenji Mizoguchi
Produced by
Masaichi Nagata
