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Bookmark this pageSisters of Gion (1936)
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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From Time Out Film Guide
From its long opening tracking shot of a mansion where a bankrupt family's goods are being auctioned off to the final, harrowing climax, Mizoguchi's tale of two geisha sisters - one rebelling against her fate at the hands of fickle men, the other more conservative and accepting - is a bleak, enormously astute and affecting account of the physical, emotional and economic entrapment of women in traditional Japanese society. Even strength, cunning and determination can't, it seems, overcome patriarchal power and pure chance. Superbly acted, shot and scripted, this is searing stuff. (Based on AI Krupin's novel The Abyss.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Cast: Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Kazuko Hisano, Eitaro Shindo, Sakurako Iwama full cast
Duration: 69 mins
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