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Twin Sisters of Kyoto

"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."

Cast

76976

Shima Iwashita

as Chieko / Naeko

20829

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Takichiro Sada

1309476

Yoshiko Nakamura

as Shige

135131

Hiroyuki Nagato

as Hideo Otomo

142405

Teruo Yoshida

as Ryusuke Mizuki

1309472

Tamotsu Hayakawa

as Shinichi Mizuki

106165

Eijirō Tōno

as Sosuke Otomo

1640017

Michiyo Tamaki

as Masako

1011719

Kakuko Chino

as Geisha Girl

1660894

Junko Hara

as

2687560

Haruka Shibuya

as

3003643

Isao Imamura

as

3003644

Koyama Katsuyo

as

2593040

Kazue Tachibana

as

3003645

Taniguchi Keiko

as

3003646

Nishimiya Kenji

as

3003647

Sōshirō Matsumoto

as

3003650

Kazue Mita

as

134344

Chieko Naniwa

as Madam

3003652

Takaoka Shigekazu

as

3003655

Sano Shigeru

as

1950312

Fusako Suzuki

as

34375

Haruo Tanaka

as Uemura

3003657

Sumi Tozuki

as

1610878

Kozo Yamamura

as Visitor from Osaka

134312

Eijirō Yanagi

as Sohei Mizuki

Crew

1185000

Noboru Nakamura

Director

46625

Yasunari Kawabata

Novel

1132462

Ryōtarō Kuwata

Producer

51808

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

1449599

Tōichirō Narushima

Director of Photography

552638

Hisashi Sagara

Editor

228552

Junichi Ôsumi

Art Direction

1640014

Toshihide Gondo

Screenplay

1534588

Takeji Sano

Lighting Technician