Sisters of the Gion
Gion no kyôdai
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
O-Mocha
Yôko Umemura
Umekichi
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Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
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Namiko Kawashima
Oemi Furusawa
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Fumio Ōkura
Jurakudo, the antiques dealer
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Taizō Fukami
Tamotsu Kimura
Eitarō Shindō
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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Minoru Miki
Cinematographer