Sisters of the Gion (movie)
祇園の姉妹- User score: 7.2
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Kenji Mizoguchi
- Production companies: Daiichi Eiga
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 10/15/1936
- Run time: 69 min.
Movie description
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.
