Twin Sisters of Kyoto

The film is set in Kyoto. Chieko is the daughter of a dry goods merchant. One day she learns something unexpected. She has a twin sister. Her sister is called Naeko. The two were parted on the day they were born. In the countryside twins were held to bring bad luck. So one of the babies was given up. Her family tells Chieko something else. They say her sister was taken. Chieko does not believe it. In the end she finds her sister. By then each of them has someone. Chieko is seeing an educated young man. But she begins to suspect that his eye is on her sister. Shima Iwashita plays both sisters in the hundred and six minute film. It was adapted from a novel by Yasunari Kawabata and Noboru Nakamura finished it in 1963.