Hot Springs Geisha (1968)

Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

Como é a vida de uma gueixa quando sua beleza desapareceu e ela se aposentou? Okin guardou seus ganhos e tornou-se agiota, passando os dias a cobrar friamente os juros das quantias que empresta. Mesmo suas melhores amigas, ex-gueixas como ela - Otomi, Tamae e Nobu, devem-lhe dinheiro. Para todas elas, o glamour de suas vidas já passou e agora o problema é garantir o sustento nos difíceis tempos do pós-guerra. Seus filhos e amantes não aliviam a dureza de suas vidas.

O Grande Wooley (Lewis) é um mágico desajeitado que, sem emprego e dinheiro, aceita uma oferta do Governo e das Forças Armadas norte-americanas de viajar ao Japão com o objetivo de entreter as tropas de soldados que lá estão para combater na guerra. Sofrendo com as diferenças culturais entre EUA e Japão e arrumando diversas confusões com militares e com outros artistas, Wooley não é levado à sério por ninguém. Até que Matsuo, um tristonho garotinho japonês, se encanta com o mágico e inicia uma bela e pura relação.

In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko, whose mother was a former geisha who had just died. After a year of training they have to find a large sum of money before Eiko can debut. Miyoharu borrows the money from the tea-house owner, Okimi, who in turn obtains the money from the businessman Kusuda. Kusuda fancies Eiko himself and wants to give Miyoharu to Kanzaki in order to close a large business deal. However both geishas have minds of their own and, going against tradition, want to be able to say no to clients.

Em 1856, o primeiro cônsul americano, Harris, chega ao Japão. Ele é recebido com hostilidade, mas só quer lutar contra a epidemia de cólera, que atinge a população. Sua situação piora quando uma gueixa se apaixona por ele.

The young and beautiful Sada Abe, the daughter of a rich merchant, is banished for losing her virginity after being raped by a college student. Sada wanders the city, becoming a geisha and eventually meeting Kichizo, a posh restaurateur who falls under her spell. Together, they embark on a week-long sexual escapade filled with dangerous obsessions. Their complete descent into each others desires culminates in a shocking crime of passion which captures the city's headlines. Based on a real event from 1936.

Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omacha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the geisha life as a way to lift her poverty-stricken family from their hand-to-mouth existence. Through her eyes, we see the protocols and complex financial relationships which dictate the running of the geisha house. Fukasaku's film is a work of great delicacy with moments of hypnotic beauty, and his tender direction, often touched with a sense of wonder, fills the screen with lovingly constructed scenes. At its heart is the poignant situation of the women who must sacrifice their normal relationships to live an ambiguous life in which they are a key part of society while being kept, for the most part, on its periphery, like perpetual mistresses.

Durante viagem ao Japão, o Tenente B.F. Pinkerton conhece Cho-Cho San, uma jovem gueixa, com quem impulsivamente se casa. Partindo de volta à América, ele a deixa com um filho nos braços, em uma constante e fiel espera pelo seu retorno.

Real Geisha Real Women is a documentary by Peter MacIntosh about the lives of several women in Kyoto, Japan of various generations who are, or have been maiko and geiko (the Kyoto terms for geisha). Their stories are told in their own words as a series of vignettes without the use of a narrator. Rare footage of their journeys outside of Kyoto includes a hometown visit, a trip to Tokyo, as well as travels abroad.

Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.

Otsuta está dirigindo a casa de gueixas Tsuta em Tóquio. Seu negócio está fortemente endividado. Sua filha Katsuyo não vê nenhum futuro no negócio de sua mãe porque está terminando os dias da gueixa. Mas Otsuta não desistirá. Este filme retrata a vida diurna da gueixa quando não está entretendo os clientes.

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.

Japão, século XIX. A alta procura por gueixas tatuadas gera uma indústria inteira para a sua "produção". Os europeus pagam mais por belezas tatuadas. Nesse contexto, e considerando as lindas mulheres tatuadas, desenvolvem a história do confronto entre dois mestres altamente qualificados de tatuagem.

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.

Documentary following 15-year-old Yukina as she leaves home and moves to Kyoto to embark on the arduous training needed to become a geisha. The profession has always been shrouded in controversy, with some believing geisha are little more than high-class prostitutes. At such a young age, does Yukina really understand what this ancient profession has in store for her?

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy.

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.