Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (乙女ごころ三人姉妹, Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai) is a 1935 Japanese drama film created by Toho Company Ltd., and was the company's first movie. The film was released to Japanese theaters on March 1, 1935. The movie was directed and written by Mikio Naruse and based on a original story by Yasunari Kawabata.
== Plot: ==
Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars. A number of loosely linked episodes ensue as the sisters who have different characters, variously become involved in the world of criminals, sacrifice themselves and find love.
==Staffs:==
*Director & Screenwriter: Mikio Naruse
*Based on: 1911 short story "Asakusa no shimai" by Yasunari Kawabata
*Composer & Musical Director: Kyôsuke Kami
*Cinematography: Hiroshi Suzuki
*Editor: Kôichi Iwashita
*Decoration: Kazuo Kubo
*Assistant Director: Ishirō Honda
*Sound Recordist: Koichi Sugii
== Casts: ==
*Chikako Hosokawa as O-Ren
*Masako Tsutsumi as O-Some
*Ryuko Umezono as Chieko
*Chitose Hayashi as Hahaoya - the Mother
*Chisato Matsumoto as O-Haru, youjo
*Masako Sanjo as O-Shima, youjo
*Mariyo Matsumoto as O-Kinu, youjo
*Heihachirô Ôkawa as Aoyama
*Kaoru Itô as Wampaku-kozou
*Osamu Takizawa	as Kosugi
*Akira Kishii as Kyaku - the Guest
*Kamatari Fujiwara as Yopparai - the Drunkard
*Masao Mishima as Bad boy at Rokku (uncredited)
*Jun Ôtomo as Bad boy at Rokku (uncredited)