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.
Due Justice
Action, Thriller, Crime
6.3
Noryang: Deadly Sea
Action, History, Drama, War
6.3
Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
6.6
Darkness of Man
Action, Thriller
6.5
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Action, TV Movie, Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror
4.6
A
Documentary
6.6
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
6.3
Sorry if I Want to Marry You
Comedy, Romance, Drama
5.2
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
7.1
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
Animation, Family, Adventure
6.2
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Romance, Comedy
6.4
Architecture 101
Comedy, Romance
7.4
3 Days Max
Comedy
5.3
F
Horror, Thriller
5.9
Are We Done Yet?
Family, Comedy
5.8
Night of the Hunted
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6.1
F/X2
Action, Thriller
6.3
The Exorcist
Horror
6.2
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
Animation, Adventure, Family
6.4
Zatoichi
Adventure, Drama, Action
7.2
Lusty Hot Spring
Drama
1.0
In the Realm of the Senses
Drama, Romance
6.6
A Geisha on Horseback
Drama
0.0
Late Chrysanthemums
Drama
7.3
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Drama, Romance
6.0
Madame Butterfly
Drama
5.4
Violated Paradise
Documentary, Romance, Drama
6.5
The Scent of Incense
Drama
6.9
A Geisha
Drama
7.5
The Geisha
Drama, Romance, War
6.3
Sisters of the Gion
Drama
7.2
Inferno of Torture
Drama, Horror
5.8
Lady Maiko
Comedy, Drama, Music
7.2
A Woman Called Sada Abe
Crime, Drama, Romance
5.5
Flowing
Drama
7.1
Ginza Cosmetics
Drama
5.8
The Flower and the Angry Waves
Drama, History
6.9
Turtle Geisha
Drama
4.5
Hot Springs Geisha
Drama
3.0