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Mizoguchi on DVD IV: Mizoguchi Recap. Mizoguchi’s spy camera. David Phelps 18 Oct 2009. Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.
May 17, 2014 · With Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura. Japan, 1936, 35mm, black & white, 96 min. Japanese with English subtitles. Share. Mizoguchi’s first-hand knowledge of Kyoto’s legendary Gion district, which he regularly patronized during his many years in the city, is apparent in Sisters of the Gion’s scrupulous, almost documentary, attention to the ...
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandsFilms/Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when h...
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In Sisters of the Gion, the roles of Japanese women in the 1930s is closely tied to the presiding economic forces. In focusing upon geisha women as commodities for profit, Kenji Mizoguchi extends his subtle indictment into the social sphere while, as usual, resolutely siding with his female characters. Sisters of the Gion (movie 1936) cast & crew
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 ...
Synopsis. 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.
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