Sisters of the Gion
1936 · 69 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 3,119 VOTES · DIR. Kenji Mizoguchi
Overview
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
Dialogue Timeline — 987 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:33 EION SOUND SYSTEM
00:03:59 How many times must you say that?
00:06:55 That about sums me up.
00:09:14 They pay us to be their pIaythings.
00:11:50 You'd really Iet her take part?
00:14:24 What a nuisance!
00:16:42 I'd be asking him for Iots of cIothes.
00:19:04 Long time no see, Jurakudo.
00:21:42 is asking IittIe old me for spending money.
00:24:55 I see.
00:27:36 Why?
00:30:09 but other peopIe don't see it that way.
00:34:00 How about 1 70 yen?
00:36:57 If she's actually willing to marry you
00:40:12 Really? Honest?
00:43:15 If only someone Iike you wouId take care of me
00:46:52 He wants a definite answer today.
00:50:30 - You don't know where he is? - No.
00:53:32 She's right.
00:56:15 I'm not lying.
00:59:09 Whatever for?
01:03:06 Your sister's been badly hurt.
01:06:44 Yes. He and my husband Ieft very suddenly
01:09:58 TransIation by KERIM YASAR for SUBTEXT SUBTITLING
Cast & Characters
Isuzu Yamada
O-Mocha
Yôko Umemura
Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
Namiko Kawashima
Oemi Furusawa
Fumio Ôkura
Jurakudo, the antiques dealer
Taizô Fukami
Tamotsu Kimura
Eitarô Shindô
Sangoro Kudo, the drygoods merchant
Sakurako Iwama
Omasa Kudô
Somenosuke Hayashiya
Sadakichi
Reiko Aoi
Umeryu
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed987
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:00:33
Final line01:09:58
Production Record
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes3,119