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Sisters of the Gion = Gion no shimai
Title
Sisters of the Gion = Gion no shimai / Daiichi Eiga sakuhin ; kyakushoku, Yoda Yoshitaka ; gensaku, kantoku, Mizoguchi Kenji.
祇園の姉妹 / 第一映画作品 ; 脚色依田義賢 ; 原作監督溝口健二.
Publication
[London, England] : Artificial Eye, [2012]
Copyright Notice Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Based on the novel : I︠A︡ma / by Aleksandr I. Kuprin.
Released as one of four discs in Artificial Eye's The Mizoguchi collection.
Cinematography, Minoru Miki.
撮影三木稔.
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Summary
"Mizoguchi's first commercial and critical success is a story of two geisha sisters - Emekichi, a submissive traditionalist, and the fiercely independent Omocha. Hatching a plan to secure the future for them both, Omocha embarks on a reckless course of action with disastrous consequences"--Www.artificial-eye.com.
祇園の色街で働く姉妹を主人公に描いた人間ドラマ。義理人情に厚く男に従順な芸者・梅吉の元に、かつてのひいき客・古沢が破産して転がり込んでくる。しかし、打算的で気の強い妹・おもちゃは無一文の古沢のことが気に入らず、古沢を追い出してしまう。その後も何人もの男たちを手玉に取って金を搾り取ろうとするおもちゃだったが......。妹・おもちゃ役に山田五十鈴。
Variant and related titles
Gion no shimai
Title from container and disc label: Sisters of the Gion
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
January 23, 2018
Series
The Mizoguchi collection ; disc 2
Credits
Cinematography, Minoru Miki.
撮影三木稔.
Cast
Yamada Isuzu, Umemura Yōko, Shiganoya Benkei, Ōkura Fumio, Fukami Taizō, Shindō Eitarō, Iwama Sakurako.
山田五十鈴, 梅村蓉子, 志賀廼家弁慶, 大倉文男, 深見泰三, 進藤英太郎, いわま桜子.
System details note
DVD; PAL, region 2; 4:3 aspect ratio; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Videorecording number
ART 524 DVD Artificial Eye
VFD 61688 Artificial Eye
Subjects
Genre/Form
Social problem films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
溝口健二, 1898-1956, film director.
依田義賢, 1909-1991, screenwriter.
山田五十鈴, 1917-2012, actor.
梅村蓉子, actor.
志賀廼家弁慶, actor.
進藤英太郎, 1899-1977, actor.
Daiichi Eiga (Firm), production company.
第一映画 (Firm), production company.
Artificial Eye (Firm), publisher.
Fusion Media Sales, film distributor.
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