Review of Sisters of the Gion (1936) by Flike S — 09 Nov 2008

Mizoguchi's second in the Fallen Women series poses to be extremely slow, but somewhat moving. The directors look into the oppression that these women face is basically a sympathetic ode to women of this time period.

Both of these women (Umekichi & Omocha) have their different views on the way women are treated, and both go different routes in living out their lives and how they approach their relationship towards men.

Still, both end in what seems to be a tragic confinement, which they never could or will escape.