Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963In 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.
Acted in
Shima Iwashita
as Chieko / Naeko
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Takichiro Sada
Yoshiko Nakamura
as Shige
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
Junko Hara
Haruka Shibuya
Isao Imamura
Koyama Katsuyo
Kazue Tachibana
Taniguchi Keiko
Nishimiya Kenji
Sôshirô Matsumoto
Kazue Mita
Chieko Naniwa
as Madam
Takaoka Shigekazu
Sano Shigeru
Fusako Suzuki
Haruo Tanaka
as Uemura
Sumi Tozuki
Kozo Yamamura
as Visitor from Osaka
Eijirō Yanagi
as Sohei Mizuki