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Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)

1h 46m | PG-13

⭐ 6.5 / 10

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.

Director: Noboru Nakamura

Studio: Shochiku

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

as Chieko / Naeko

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Takichiro Sada

Yoshiko Nakamura

Yoshiko Nakamura

as Shige

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

as Hideo Otomo

Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

as Ryusuke Mizuki

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Tamotsu Hayakawa

as Shinichi Mizuki