Clothes of Deception (偽れる盛装) 74 years old

Clothes of Deception initiated Yoshimura’s most characteristic vein. This geisha story is often described as a loose remake of Mizoguchi’s pre-war masterpiece Sisters of Gion (1936), but this is inexact. Whereas in Mizoguchi’s study of two sisters, both women had been geisha, in Yoshimura’s film only Kimicho (Kyo Machiko) is, while her sister works in the Kyoto tourist office. Juxtaposing a traditional Kyoto profession with a modern one, Yoshimura shows how life in the old capital was changing in the wake of wider transformations in Japanese society.

Credits

Machiko Kyō as

Taiji Tonoyama as

Keiju Kobayashi as

Seizaburô Kawazu as

Hisako Takihana as

Ichiro Sugai as

Clothes of Deception Cast

Name	Character
Machiko Kyō She was 26, 95 years old when she died
Taiji Tonoyama He was 35, 73 years old when he died
Keiju Kobayashi He was 27, 86 years old when he died
Seizaburô Kawazu He was 42, 74 years old when he died
Hisako Takihana She was 44, 78 years old when she died
Ichiro Sugai He was 43, 66 years old when he died
Eitarō Shindō He was 51, 77 years old when he died
Chieko Murata She was 35, 80 years old when she died

Clothes of Deception Crew

Name	Department
Kaneto Shindō as Writer. He was 38 (100) years old when He died	Writing
Asakazu Nakai as Cinematography. He was 49 (86) years old when He died	Crew
Akira Ifukube as Music. He was 36 (91) years old when He died	Sound
Kōzaburō Yoshimura as Director. He was 39 (89) years old when He died	Directing
Hiroshi Mizutani as Production Design. He was 4 (25) years old when He died	Art

Clothes of Deception (74 years)

Release day: Wednesday, December 13, 1950
Runtime: 103 minutes