Sisters of the Gion

1h 9m
Drama
7.1

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
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

Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director, Writer
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Aleksandr Kuprin
Novel
Tazuko Sakane
Editor
Shigeto Miki
Director of Photography
Kōichi Takagi
Assistant Director
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Hisashi Kase
Sound Designer
Kazuo Kishi
Gaffer

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