
Sisters of the Gion
IMDB:
7.1
Released
10/15/1936
Duration
1h 9m
Genre
Drama
Country
Japan
Cast
Isuzu Yamada, Yōko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya
Overview
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.

Sisters of the Gion
IMDB:
7.1Released
10/15/1936
Genre
Drama
Cast
Isuzu Yamada, Yōko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya
Duration
1h 9m
Country
Japan
Overview
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.
Cast

O-mocha
Isuzu Yamada

Umekichi
Yōko Umemura

Shimbei Furusawa
Benkei Shiganoya

Kudo
Eitarō Shindō

Kimura
Taizō Fukami

Ochiyo
Shizuko Takizawa

Oemi Furusawa
Namiko Kawashima

Jurakudo
Fumio Okura

Omasa Kudô
Sakurako Iwama

Sadakichi
Somenosuke Hayashiya

Umeryu
Reiko Aoi

Tachibana the driver









