Twin Sisters of Kyoto
古都
Release: 1963-01-13
·Runtime: 106m
·★ 6.5
Drama
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs. The merchant's daughter is seeing an educated fellow. Trouble ensues when she begins suspecting that he may be more interested in her sister.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Eijirō Yanagi
as Sohei Mizuki
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Takichiro Sada
Hiroyuki Nagato
as Hideo Otomo
Teruo Yoshida
as Ryusuke Mizuki
Michiyo Tamaki
as Masako
Shima Iwashita
as Chieko / Naeko
Tamotsu Hayakawa
as Shinichi Mizuki
Chieko Naniwa
as Madam
Haruo Tanaka
as Uemura
Eijirō Tōno
as Sosuke Otomo
Kakuko Chino
as Geisha Girl
