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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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When Mizoguchi died in August , he was on the point of filming his first postwar comedy, Osaka Story . The script was realised in by director Kozaburo Yoshimura.
When Mizoguchi died in August , he was on the point of filming his first postwar comedy, Osaka Story . The script was realised in by director Kozaburo Yoshimura.
Films with Similar Themes
geisha culture · sisterhood · Kyoto Gion district · economic hardship · social exploitation
