while i have of course hear the name mizoguchi kenji and the only film of his that i have watch be ugetsu ( 1953 ) and the new tale of the heike ( 1955 ) and while i do enjoy both of them and mainly the former and for the most part i do not have a particularly strong interest in watch mizoguchi film because at the time i be embroil within the filmic world of kitano takeshi and iwai shunji and miike takashi and etc . however and a time pass my interest in old japanese film begin to increase and so now i be try to broaden my knowledge of classic japanese film and especially those that be film before 1945 of which i have only see a handful . mizoguchi be well know in the world of japanese film and because he be one of the first japanese director to put the role of woman in japanese society on the center stage . he be often criticize by late film viewer and critic because his woman and while strong and only could find true security in the world of men by adaptation to the male around them . however and of course and it should be note that for his time the film he create be quite different than the casual fare . like imamura shohei and mizoguchi kenji tend to make film about those in the low stratum of society and the way in which the rich can destroy these individual life . sister of gion tell the story of umekichi and omocha an old and young geisha try to make the best of their life in a time in which the patronage of geisha be on the downswing . gentle and kind and umekichi take in her lover furusawa after his business go bankrupt . she state that she only do so because she owe him for help her become a full fledge geisha and but it be obvious that she love the destitute ma . omocha and young and well educate and and brash dislike furusawa because he be sponge off umekichi and decide that she need to be rid of him . however and her method might lead to a bad conclusion . a wonderful film that clock in at a little less than seventy minute and sister of gion have a dark theme . both umekichi and omocha and while be of complete different personality and be both victim of their position in society . without a rich patron to depend on and their life be quite vicarious and and a in the case of umekichi and a the woman get old their position become even more precarious .