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
Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Tazuko Sakane Editor
Kenji Mizoguchi Writer
Kazuo Kishi Gaffer
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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29 February 1936
In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page.
04 June 1936
Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.
20 September 1936
A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
19 October 1936
Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election.
01 January 1936
Two Texas Rangers (Tom Tyler, Rex Lease) nab smugglers and rescue a woman (Margaret Nearing) from a runaway wagon.
14 November 1936
Frankie Reynolds (Frankie Darro' ), youngest member of a family of jockeys, borrows $4.85 (yes, four dollars and eighty-five cents) from his sister Phyllis (Gladys Blake), who is not a jockey, to buy a crippled colt from the stables owned by Clay Harrison (Kane Richmond).
05 September 1936
Confederate Col. Lafe Harvey (Earl Ross) travels home after the Civil War, where he must tell his niece, Betty (Frances Grant), that her father is presumed dead.
16 August 1936
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
15 February 1936
An old miner is ambushed by outlaws trying to steal the $10,000 he is carrying to start up a new mine.
01 November 1936
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