Sisters of the Gion
15/10/1936
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 set themselves up with better patrons.
Movie Information
Isuzu Yamada
as O-mocha
Yōko Umemura
as Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya
as Shimbei Furusawa
Namiko Kawashima
as Oemi Furusawa
Fumio Okura
as Jurakudo
Taizō Fukami
as Kimura
Eitarō Shindō
as Kudo
Sakurako Iwama
as Omasa Kudô
Somenosuke Hayashiya
as Sadakichi
Reiko Aoi
as Umeryu
Shizuko Takizawa
as Ochiyo
Mitsuzo Tachibana
as Tachibana the driver
Gennyo Mimasu
as Ohan Sadakichi
