Sisters of the Gion (1936)
- Original title
- 祇園の姉妹
- Directed by
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 84 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two geisha sisters in Kyoto's Gion district navigate their lives and work. One sister is traditional and the other is more modern and pragmatic, leading to conflict between them.
introspectivemelancholicslow-burnobservationaltenserealisticbittersweetvisually stark
What happens
Sisters of the Gion (Japanese: 祇園の姉妹, Hepburn: Gion no kyōdai) or Sisters of Gion is a 1936 black and white Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi about two geisha sisters living in Kyoto's Gion district; it forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy which shares much of the same cast and production team. It is based on the novel Yama: The Pit by Alexander Kuprin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Flowing (1956)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.