1936
Drama
Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:09
| 1. | Sisters of the Gion | 1936 |
| 2. | Osaka Elegy | 1936 |
| 3. | Women Of The Night | 1948 |
| 4. | Street of Shame | 1956 |
Criterion Eclipse Series 13
Gion No Shimai
Sisters of the Gion follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradition-minded Umekichi (Yoko Umemura), both geishas in the working-class district of Gion. Mizoguchi's film is a brilliantly shot, uncompromising look at the forces that keep many women at the bottom rung of the social ladder
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Isuzu Yamada | O-Mocha |
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Yôko Umemura | Umekichi |
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Benkei Shiganoya | Shimbei Furusawa |
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Namiko Kawashima | Oemi Furusawa |
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Fumio Okura | Jurakudo / the antiques dealer |
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Taizô Fukami | Tamotsu Kimura |
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Eitaro Shindo | Sangoro Kudo / the drygoods merchant |
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Sakurako Iwama | Omasa Kudô |
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Somenosuke Hayashiya | Sadakichi |
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Reiko Aoi | Umeryu |
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Shizuko Takizawa | Ochiyo |
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Mitsuzo Tachibana | Tachibana the driver |
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Gennyo Mimasu | Ohan Sadakichi |
| Director | Kenji Mizoguchi |
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| Writer | Aleksandr Kuprin, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda | |
| Producer | Masaichi Nagata | |
| Photography | Minoru Miki | |
| Edition | Criterion Eclipse |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Regions | 1 |