Japan
1936
69 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
Sisters of the Gion follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradition-minded Umekichi (Yoko Umemura), both geishas in the working-class district of Gion. Mizoguchi’s film is a brilliantly shot, uncompromising look at the forces that keep many women at the bottom rung of the social ladder.
| Omocha | Isuzu Yamada |
| Umekichi | Yoko Umemura |
| Shimbei | Shiganoya Bendo |
| Oemi | Kazuko Hisano |
| Jurakudo | Fumio Okura |
| Yasukichi Kimura | Taizo Fukami |
| Sangoro Kudo | Eitarô Shindô |
| Omasa | Sakurako Iwama |
| Furusawa’s chief clerk | Somenosuke Hayashiya |
| Umeryu | Reiko Aoi |
| Ochiyo | Shizuko Takizawa |
| Tachibana | Kozo Tachibana |
| Director | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Producer | Masaichi Nagata |
| Original story | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Screenplay | Yoshikata Yoda |
| Cinematography | Minoru Miki |
| Editing | Tatsuko Sakane |
The ongoing rediscovery of the multitude of masterworks that made up the career of Kenji Mizoguchi continues with the release of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women. The set, writes Dennis Lim in the http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-secondlook19-2008oct19...
Though he had been directing films since the silent era, collaborating with many different film studios in various genres, Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t become an international sensation until after the Second World War, benefiting, as did his compatriot Akira Kurosawa, from a new fascination with Japan’s...
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