Sisters of the Gion

7.2
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 69 min
  • Premiere: 1936. October 15.

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.

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Isuzu Yamada

O-mocha

Yōko Umemura

Umekichi

Benkei Shiganoya

Shimbei Furusawa

Namiko Kawashima

Oemi Furusawa

Fumio Okura

Jurakudo

Sakurako Iwama

Omasa Kudô

Reiko Aoi

Umeryu

Mitsuzo Tachibana

Tachibana the driver

Gennyo Mimasu

Ohan Sadakichi

Camera

Minoru Miki

Director of Photography

Directing

Kōichi Takagi

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Kazuo Kishi

Gaffer

Production

Sound

Hisashi Kase

Sound Designer

Camera

Minoru Miki

Director of Photography

Directing

Kōichi Takagi

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Kazuo Kishi

Gaffer

Production

Sound

Hisashi Kase

Sound Designer