Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (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.
Battle Royale
Drama, Thriller, Action
7.3
My Father, the Bride
Drama, Comedy, Family
5.3
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Rear Window
Thriller, Mystery
8.4
Shaun of the Dead
Horror, Comedy
7.5
Marriage Story
Drama
7.7
The Way Back
Drama
6.7
Midnight in Paris
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
7.5
Lady Bird
Drama, Comedy
7.3
Mia madre
Drama
6.7
Shutter Island
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
8.2
The Conversation
Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.5
The Blind Side
Drama
7.7
Poor Things
Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
7.7
Charade
Comedy, Mystery, Romance
7.7
Barbie
Comedy, Adventure
7.0
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
12 Angry Men
Drama
8.5
Psycho
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
8.4
The Lighthouse
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
7.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Drama, Romance, History
7.7
In the Realm of the Senses
Drama, Romance
6.6
BU・SU
Drama
5.8
Zatoichi
Adventure, Drama, Action
7.2
The Scent of Incense
Drama
7.2
Lady Maiko
Comedy, Drama, Music
7.2
Flowing
Drama
7.1
A Geisha
Drama
7.5
Arashi Tatsunari
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
0.0
The Geisha
Drama, Romance, War
6.4
Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia
Crime, Drama
0.0
Late Chrysanthemums
Drama
7.3
Apart from You
Drama
6.9
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Drama
7.0
Inferno of Torture
Drama, Horror
5.8
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
Drama, Romance
7.0
Sisters of the Gion
Drama
7.2
Madame Butterfly
Drama
5.5
A Woman Called Sada Abe
Crime, Drama, Romance
5.5
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Drama, Romance
5.9