Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Overview

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.

Directed by Noboru Nakamura

Top 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

Eijirō Tōno

Sosuke Otomo

Michiyo Tamaki

Masako

Kakuko Chino

Geisha Girl

J

Junko Hara

H

Haruka Shibuya

I

Isao Imamura

K

Koyama Katsuyo

K

Kazue Tachibana

T

Taniguchi Keiko

N

Nishimiya Kenji

S

Sōshirō Matsumoto

K

Kazue Mita

Chieko Naniwa

Madam

T

Takaoka Shigekazu

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