23 May 2006
Salvador (Puig Antich)
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
Sisters of the Gion
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
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山田五十鈴 O-mocha
梅村蓉子 Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya Shimbei Furusawa
Namiko Kawashima Oemi Furusawa
Fumio Okura Jurakudo
深見泰三 Kimura
進藤英太郎 Kudo
Sakurako Iwama Omasa Kudô
Somenosuke Hayashiya Sadakichi
Reiko Aoi Umeryu
滝沢静子 Ochiyo
Mitsuzo Tachibana Tachibana the driver
Gennyo Mimasu Ohan Sadakichi
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