Gion matsuri - 1968 was released on:

Japan: 23 November 1968

USA: 12 February 1969

The cast of Gion matsuri - 1933 includes: Nobuo Kosaka Shizuko Mori as Otami Tokihiko Okada as Ikusaburo Etsuji Oki Sumiko Suzuki Kumeko Urabe Naoyo Yamagata

There are three top rated festivals or Matsuri in Japan.

The first is, Sanja Matsuri,

Then it is, Gion Matsuri,

And the third is, Chichibu Yomatsuri.

But the Awa Odori or Obon is the most well known all over the world.

The cast of Gion matsuri - 1968 includes: Kiyoshi Atsumi Shima Iwashita as Ayame Eitaro Matsuyama Shinsuke Mikimoto Hibari Misora Katsuo Nakamura Kinnosuke Nakamura as Shinkichi Tsutomu Shimomoto Takashi Shimura as Tsuneemon Ken Takakura Hisako Takihana as Ichi Osamu Takizawa as Narrator Takahiro Tamura as Sukematsu Kunie Tanaka as Gonji

Joel Gion was born in 1970.