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November 1979 (USA) more
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Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Isuzu Yamada ... O-Mocha
Yôko Umemura ... Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya ... Shimbei Furusawa
Eitarô Shindô ... Kudo, the drygoods merchant
Taizô Fukami ... Kimura
Fumio Okura ... Jurakudo, the antiques dealer
Namiko Kawajima
Reiko Aoi
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Sakurako Iwama ... Omasa Kudô
Shizuko Takizawa
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Also Known As:
Gion no kyodai
Sisters of the Gion
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Runtime:
69 min | Argentina:95 min | USA:95 min | Japan:96 min
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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Not One Of His Best, 1 May 2008
7/10
Author: crossbow0106 from United States

This film is about geishas on Kyoto, Japan, in how they live and ply their trade. Since it was made by Mr. Mizoguchi, who seemed to have a fascination with prostitutes, it is right up his alley. While good, the story did not completely grab me like some of his others, especially "Street Of Shame" and "Ugetsu". The film's success is in the message it portrays as to these ladies, that they are somewhat trapped in their existence with no way out, broke and looking for a patron to take them out of that life. However, I did not find the characters to be as developed as I would have liked, so the film loses steam, even though it is a fairly short film, much less than ninety minutes. Still worth watching, it just doesn't have the depth of some of his other films.

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