Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.
"Sisters of the Gion" and "Osaka Elegy" are both Kenji Mizoguchi films from 1936. They deal with similar subject matter (the treatment of women in Japan contemporary to their release), and are similar in tone. They also have much of the same cast.
The two women have very different outlooks on relationships with men. Umekichi and Omocha
Okiku, desperate to protect her brother who thinks himself a murderer, wants to sacrifice herself for him and become a prostitute to pay for treatment.
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