Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Dir: Nakamura Noboru
Japan, 1963, 101minmins
Cast: Iwashita Shima, Nagato Hiroyuki, Miyaguchi Seiji
The happiness of reunion, like the ephemeral beauty of cherry blossom, is doomed to fade away. Abandoned at birth due to a superstition about twins, Chieko, now a wealthy merchant’s daughter, and Naeko, a self-subsistent orphan, have their fateful encounter at the Gion festival, interweaving their lives briefly, only to part again. Boasted by a nuanced, mercurial dual performance by Iwashita Shima, this touching film is a tribute to Japan’s old capital, a nostalgic veneration to the traditional ideals to heart that no modernization can erase.
Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film nomination
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Full House 2019-04-19 (Fri)
19:30Full House 2019-05-10 (Fri)
19:30
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
Chinese Subtitles
Full House
Remarks
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