Forgiveness Girl vs Sisters of the Gion

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Sisters of the Gion). Sisters of the Gion is the shorter watch at 1h 9m compared with 1h 51m. Sisters of the Gion is the older of the two (1936 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025 VS Sisters of the Gion posterSisters of the Gion1936
Forgiveness GirlSisters of the Gion
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.1/10
Year20251936
Length1h 51m1h 9m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama
CountryUS–
DirectorRob DiamondKenji Mizoguchi
Main castWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda YeamanIsuzu Yamada, Yōko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Eitarō Shindō, Taizō Fukami

Synopsis

Forgiveness Girl

A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.

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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