JAPAN · 1936
Sisters of Gion
Japanese Golden Age
geisha culture
sisterhood
Kyoto Gion district
economic hardship
social exploitation
Synopsis
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.
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