Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)

  • NR
  • 01/13/1963 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 46m

Overview

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.

Noboru Nakamura

Director

Yasunari Kawabata

Novel

Toshihide Gondo

Screenplay

Cast

Shima Iwashita's headshot

Shima Iwashita

Chieko / Naeko
Seiji Miyaguchi's headshot

Seiji Miyaguchi

Takichiro Sada
Yoshiko Nakamura's headshot

Yoshiko Nakamura

Shige
Hiroyuki Nagato's headshot

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hideo Otomo
Teruo Yoshida's headshot

Teruo Yoshida

Ryusuke Mizuki
Tamotsu Hayakawa's headshot

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Shinichi Mizuki
Eijirō Tōno's headshot

Eijirō Tōno

Sosuke Otomo
Michiyo Tamaki's headshot

Michiyo Tamaki

Masako

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