Sisters of the Gion (1956)
- Original title
- 祇園の姉妹
- Directed by
- Hiromasa Nomura
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two sisters work as geishas in Kyoto's Gion district. One sister wants to modernize while the other prefers tradition, causing conflict between them.
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What happens
Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹, Gion no kyōdai) is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Hiromasa Nomura. The film is a remake of the 1936 film drama of the same name Sisters of the Gion by Kenji Mizoguchi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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