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.
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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
Fumio Okura as Jurakudo
Reiko Aoi as Umeryu
Masaichi Nagata Producer
Yoshikata Yoda Writer
Tazuko Sakane Editor
Kazuo Kishi Gaffer
Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Kenji Mizoguchi Writer
Kōichi Takagi Assistant Director
Aleksandr Kuprin Novel
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Les Soeurs de Gion Trailer
Gion no kyōdai Trailer
Hai Chị Em Phố Kỳ Viên Trailer
Argentina 08 August 2001
Hong Kong 04 December 2004
Japan 15 October 1936
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Sisters of the Gion full hd movie trailer.
Mizoguchi's first commercial and critical success is a story of two geisha sisters -- Emekichi a submissive traditionalist and the fiercely independent Omocha.
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Cast: Isuzu Yamada Yôko Umemura Benkei Shiganoya Eitarô Shindô Sakurako Iwama Taizô Fukami Fumio Okura.
祇園の姉妹 (Gion no Shimai) - Sisters of the Gion (1936) english subtitles aka „Gion no Kyodai 70 mins -- drama Director: Kenji Mizoguchi 溝口健二 .
Masaichi Nagata Yoshikata Yoda Isuzu Yamada and Eitaro Shindo discuss working on Kenji Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy (Naniwa erejî) (Japan 1936) and Sisters ...
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On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance.
16 August 1936
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
01 January 1936
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22 February 1936
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops.
28 August 1936
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her.
01 December 1936
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
10 April 1936
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
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