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Works explorer

Sisters of Gion = Gion no shimai [NTSC]

Japan, 1936
film

Mizoguchi’s sympathetic film of the plight of women in pre-War society centres on two geisha sisters; Umekichi (Isuzu Yamada), and Omacha (Yoko Umemura)..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Yoru no omnatachi = Women of the night

Japan, 1957
Similarity: 75%

Sakuran

Japan, 2006
Similarity: 73%

Memoirs of a Geisha

France, Japan and United States of America, 2005
Similarity: 71%

Ugetsu Monogatari = Tales of the pale and silvery moon after the rain

Japan, 1953
Similarity: 71%

Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna = Utamaro and his five women

Japan, 1946
Similarity: 71%

Arts of Japan

United States, 1954
Similarity: 71%

Women in kimono

Japan, 1971
Similarity: 70%

Ugetsu Monogatari [Extract]

Japan, 1953
Similarity: 70%

Tales of the Taira Clan = Shin heiki monogatari

Japan, 1955
Similarity: 70%

Japanese women

Canada, 1984
Similarity: 69%

Maborosi = Maborosi no hikari

Japan, 1995
Similarity: 69%

Shin heike Monogatari = Tales of the Taira

Japan, 1955
Similarity: 69%

Japanese women [Short version]

Canada, 1986
Similarity: 69%

A woman's place

Australia, 1979
Similarity: 69%

Sister my sister

United Kingdom, 1994
Similarity: 69%

Street of shame = Akasen chitai [NTSC]

Japan, 1956
Similarity: 68%

Akiko: the life of a Japanese girl

Japan, 1970
Similarity: 68%

Memoirs of a rockstar

Similarity: 68%
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