The difficulty of balancing the individual with the collective is seen in the film Sisters of the Gion. It reveals the social struggles of the geisha by focusing on its two main women, Omocha and Umekichi and their reactions to the system. The geisha system is portrayed as licensed prostitution that makes women accessories for men and nothing more than their financial needs. This film reveals the underlying problem with the system by showing the emotional distance between men and women. Furasawa, who has to close down his shop, berates his wife for complaining about their predicament instead of sympathizing with her. His seemingly conceited reaction in the form of his question, “Why not complain to the people out there?“, and attempting
