Sisters of the Gion (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.
- Released
- 1936-10-15
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 87 votes
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