DVD
Sisters of the Gion = Gion no shimai
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version.
Languages
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Performers
Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya.
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (69 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Two geisha sisters - one modern-minded, the other staunchly traditional - disagree over how to deal with the men controlling their lives and livelihoods in Mizoguchi's early masterpiece.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.