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Movie profile

Sisters of the Gion

7.1/ 1019361h 9m

Drama

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.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Visual gallery

Behind the frames

8 stills

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

O-mocha

Yōko Umemura

Yōko Umemura

Umekichi

Benkei Shiganoya

Shimbei Furusawa

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kudo

Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami

Kimura

Shizuko Takizawa

Ochiyo

Namiko Kawashima

Oemi Furusawa

Fumio Okura

Jurakudo