Sisters of the Gion

For the 1956 film of the same name, see Sisters of the Gion (1956 film).
Sisters of the Gion
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
Written by
Based onYama
by Alexander Kuprin
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
CinematographyMinoru Miki
Production
company
Daiichi Eiga
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 15 October 1936 (1936-10-15)[1]
Running time
95 min., 69 min.[a]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Sisters of the Gion (1936) by Kenji Mizoguchi

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.

  1. ^ a b "祇園の姉妹 (Gion no kyōdai)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  2. ^ "祇園の姉妹 (Gion no kyōdai)". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Sisters of Gion". Viennale (in German). 1998. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ Kehr, Dave (26 October 1985). "Sisters of the Gion". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Sisters of the Gion". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "祇園の姉妹 (Gion no kyōdai)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ "The Best Japanese Film of Every Year – From 1925 to Now". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2022.


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