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

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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