Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion

1936 ja 69 minutes

Rating: 7.2

Plot

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.

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Cast

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

O-mocha

Yōko Umemura

Yōko Umemura

Umekichi

Benkei Shiganoya

Benkei Shiganoya

Shimbei Furusawa

Namiko Kawashima

Namiko Kawashima

Oemi Furusawa

Fumio Okura

Fumio Okura

Jurakudo

Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami

Kimura

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kudo

Sakurako Iwama

Sakurako Iwama

Omasa Kudô

Somenosuke Hayashiya

Somenosuke Hayashiya

Sadakichi

Reiko Aoi

Reiko Aoi

Umeryu

Shizuko Takizawa

Shizuko Takizawa

Ochiyo

Mitsuzo Tachibana

Mitsuzo Tachibana

Tachibana the driver

Gennyo Mimasu

Gennyo Mimasu

Ohan Sadakichi

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