Twin Sisters of Kyoto
古都
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.
1963-01-13
ja
Cast
Director
Noboru Nakamura
Shima Iwashita as Chieko / Naeko
Seiji Miyaguchi as Takichiro Sada
Hiroyuki Nagato as Hideo Otomo
Teruo Yoshida as Ryusuke Mizuki
Tamotsu Hayakawa as Shinichi Mizuki
Eijirō Tōno as Sosuke Otomo
Michiyo Tamaki as Masako
Kakuko Chino as Geisha Girl
Chieko Naniwa as Madam
Haruo Tanaka as Uemura
Eijirō Yanagi as Sohei Mizuki