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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 13, 1963

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shochiku

Cast

Shima Iwashita,Seiji Miyaguchi,Yoshiko Nakamura,Hiroyuki Nagato,Teruo Yoshida,Tamotsu Hayakawa,Eijirō Tōno,Michiyo Tamaki,Kakuko Chino,Junko Haraand 16 more

Director

Noboru Nakamura

Writer

Yasunari Kawabata,Toshiro Ide

Producer

Ryōtarō Kuwata

Cinematography

Tōichirō Narushima

Music

Toru Takemitsu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0056154