Gion no shimai

Gion no shimai [videorecording] / Shōchiku [haikyū] ; Daiichi Eiga ; kyakushoku Yoda Yoshitaka ; gensaku kantoku Mizoguchi Kenji = Sisters of the Gion / a Daiichi Eiga production ; screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda ; original story and direction by Kenji Mizoguchi.

祇園の姉妹
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Two geisha sisters - one modern-minded, the other staunchly traditional - disagree over how to deal with the men controlling their lives and livelihoods. An early work by Kenji Mizoguchi featuring his favored theme of women struggling against societal boundaries.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991 (Screenwriter), Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 (Director), Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012 (Actor), Umemura, Yôko (Actor), Shiganoya, Benkei (Actor), Ōkura, Fumio (Actor), Fukami, Taizō (Actor), Shindō, Eitarō, 1899-1977 (Actor), Iwama, Sakurako (Actor), Kuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1870-1938
Other title:Sisters of the Gion.
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
English
Published: Irvington, New York : The Criterion Collection [Distributor], 2008.
Edition:Fullscreen.
Series:Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Kenji Mizoguchi's fallen women.
Subjects:
Prostitutes > Japan > Kyoto > Social conditions > Drama.
Geishas > Japan > Kyoto > Social conditions > Drama.
Women > Japan > Kyoto > Social conditions > Drama.
Sisters > Japan > Kyoto > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Call Number: PN1997 .G48856 2008 DVD
PN1997 .G48856 2008 DVD Available Place a Hold

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