Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts (1935)

Original title

乙女ごころ三人姉妹

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Genre

drama film

Country

Empire of Japan

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three sisters struggle to get by in 1930s Tokyo. The story follows their different choices and hardships as they try to find stability in a difficult time.

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What happens

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (Japanese: 乙女ごころ三人姉妹, romanized: Otome-gokoro sannin shimai) is a 1935 Japanese drama film written and directed by Mikio Naruse. Based on the short story Sisters of Asakusa (浅草の姉妹, Asakusa no shimai) by Yasunari Kawabata, it was the director's first sound film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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