For the 1956 film of the same name, see Sisters of the Gion (1956 film).
1936 Japanese film
Sisters of the Gion
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Yoshikata Yoda
Based on
Yama by Alexander Kuprin
Produced by
Masaichi Nagata
Cinematography
Minoru Miki
Production company
Daiichi Eiga
Distributed by
Shochiku
Release date
15 October 1936 (1936-10-15)[1]
Running time
95 min., 69 min.[a]
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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.[6] It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy[7] which shares much of the same cast and production team.
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^"The Best Japanese Film of Every Year – From 1925 to Now". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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