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
祇园姐妹 Trailer
青楼姐妹 Trailer
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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01 January 1936
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10 April 1936
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10 February 1936
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12 November 1936
The body of an unknown beautiful woman is fished out of the river and leaves the policemen wondering what drove the girl to such a grisly fate.
22 February 1936
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