祇園の姉妹 (1936)

Drama

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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Runtime: 69 mins Rating: 7.1

Cast

Isuzu Yamada

O-mocha

Eitarô Shindô

Kudo, the drygoods merchant

Taizô Fukami

Kimura

Yôko Umemura

Umekichi

Benkei Shiganoya

Shimbei Furusawa

Fumio Okura

Jurakudo, the antiques dealer

Crew

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Minoru Miki

Director of Photography

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writer

Yoshikata Yoda

Writer

Aleksandr Kuprin

Novel

Tatsuko Sakane

Editor

Hisashi Kase

Sound Designer

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祇園の姉妹 (1936)

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FACTS

Cast

Isuzu Yamada

O-mocha

Eitarô Shindô

Kudo, the drygoods merchant

Taizô Fukami

Kimura

Yôko Umemura

Umekichi

Benkei Shiganoya

Shimbei Furusawa

Fumio Okura

Jurakudo, the antiques dealer

Crew

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Minoru Miki

Director of Photography

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writer

Yoshikata Yoda

Writer

Aleksandr Kuprin

Novel

Tatsuko Sakane

Editor

Hisashi Kase

Sound Designer

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Minoru Miki

Director of Photography

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writer

Yoshikata Yoda

Writer

Aleksandr Kuprin

Novel

Tatsuko Sakane

Editor

Hisashi Kase

Sound Designer

Kazuo Kishi

Gaffer

Kôichi Takagi

Assistant Director

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