Movie

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

★ 6.5/10 · 11 votes 1963 1h 46m Released

Drama

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

Shima Iwashita Chieko / Naeko Seiji Miyaguchi Takichiro Sada Y Yoshiko Nakamura Shige Hiroyuki Nagato Hideo Otomo Teruo Yoshida Ryusuke Mizuki Tamotsu Hayakawa Shinichi Mizuki