Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
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.
Director:
Noboru Nakamura
Writer:
Toshihide Gondo
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Shima Iwashita as Chieko / Naeko |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Takichiro Sada |
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Yoshiko Nakamura as Shige |
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Hiroyuki Nagato as Hideo Otomo |
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Teruo Yoshida as Ryusuke Mizuki |
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Tamotsu Hayakawa as Shinichi Mizuki |
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Eijirō Tōno as Sosuke Otomo |
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Michiyo Tamaki as Masako |
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Kakuko Chino as Geisha Girl |
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Junko Hara as |
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Haruka Shibuya as |
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Isao Imamura as |
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Koyama Katsuyo as |
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Kazue Tachibana as |
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Taniguchi Keiko as |
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Nishimiya Kenji as |
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Sōshirō Matsumoto as |
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Kazue Mita as |
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Chieko Naniwa as Madam |
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Takaoka Shigekazu as |
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Sano Shigeru as |
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Fusako Suzuki as |
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Haruo Tanaka as Uemura |
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Sumi Tozuki as |
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Kozo Yamamura as Visitor from Osaka |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Sohei Mizuki |
| Directing | Noboru Nakamura | Director |
| Camera | Tōichirō Narushima | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hisashi Sagara | Editor |
| Writing | Yasunari Kawabata | Novel |
| Production | Ryōtarō Kuwata | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Junichi Ôsumi | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Takeji Sano | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Toshihide Gondo | Screenplay |
