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Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women

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

Sisters of the Gion

Gion No Shimai

1936

7.4

3,259

Drama

Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:09

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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
	Yôko Umemura	Umekichi
	Benkei Shiganoya	Shimbei Furusawa
	Namiko Kawashima	Oemi Furusawa
	Fumio Okura	Jurakudo / the antiques dealer
	Taizô Fukami	Tamotsu Kimura
	Eitaro Shindo	Sangoro Kudo / the drygoods merchant
	Sakurako Iwama	Omasa Kudô
	Somenosuke Hayashiya	Sadakichi
	Reiko Aoi	Umeryu
	Shizuko Takizawa	Ochiyo
	Mitsuzo Tachibana	Tachibana the driver
	Gennyo Mimasu	Ohan Sadakichi

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Director	Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer	Aleksandr Kuprin, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Producer	Masaichi Nagata
Photography	Minoru Miki

Edition details

Edition	Criterion Eclipse
Nr Discs	1
Regions	1