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Sisters of the Gion
Why this pick
Mizoguchi’s equally incisive portrait of Kyoto’s pleasure-quarter economy pairs elegant visual restraint with two women facing sharply different survival strategies.
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MOVIE1953 1h 25m JPN
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Eiko is in the search of the ''okiya'' run by the geisha Miyoharu. As she approaches the screen doors, she witnesses an exchange between Miyoharu and a client. The client, greatly indebted and unable to afford Miyoharu's services, is coldly and mockingly berated by Miyoharu for his presumptuousness. Enraged by the sudden demise of her affected desire for him and her mercenary attitude.
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