Sisters of the Gion
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| Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
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| Based on | Yama by Alexander Kuprin |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Cinematography | Minoru Miki |
Production company | Daiichi Eiga |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 95 min., 69 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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. It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy which shares much of the same cast and production team.