

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Shochiku
Key Crew

Noboru Nakamura
Director
Cast

Shima Iwashita
Chieko / Naeko

Seiji Miyaguchi
Takichiro Sada
Yoshiko Nakamura
Shige

Hiroyuki Nagato
Hideo Otomo

Teruo Yoshida
Ryusuke Mizuki

Tamotsu Hayakawa
Shinichi Mizuki

Eijirō Tōno
Sosuke Otomo

Michiyo Tamaki
Masako

Kakuko Chino
Geisha Girl
Junko Hara
Haruka Shibuya
Isao Imamura
Koyama Katsuyo
Kazue Tachibana
Taniguchi Keiko
Nishimiya Kenji
Sōshirō Matsumoto
Kazue Mita

Chieko Naniwa
Madam
Takaoka Shigekazu