Gion no shimai Kenji Mizoguchi [videorecording]=

By:

Kenji Mizoguchi

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: The Criterion Collection | Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen WomenPublication details: Japan Janus Films 1936Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 69 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Sisters of the Gion

Uniform titles:

Sisters of the Gion

LOC classification:

PN1997 .G566 1936

Summary: From case Cover: Sisters of the Gion follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradiitional Umekichi (Yoko Umemura), both geisha in the working-class district of Gion. Kenji Mizoguchi's film is a brilliantly shot, uncompromisinglook at the forces that kep many women on the bottom rung of the social ladder.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-B: DVD Cabinet B	PN1997 .G566 1936	Available		003113

From case Cover:

Sisters of the Gion follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradiitional Umekichi (Yoko Umemura), both geisha in the working-class district of Gion. Kenji Mizoguchi's film is a brilliantly shot, uncompromisinglook at the forces that kep many women on the bottom rung of the social ladder.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 1.0; monaural; NTSC; Region 1; 1.33:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

Japanese audio. Optional English subtitles.

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