Product Details

• Actors: Atsuko Asano, Mitsuko Baisho, Ken Ogata, Tetsuro Tamba, Kimiko Ikegami
• Directors: Hideo Gosha
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Animeigo
• DVD Release Date: February 10, 2009
• Run Time: 144 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001JQHT2Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,749 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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GEISHA - DVD Movie

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pure entertainment, September 21, 2010

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Discordia5 "Discordia" (St. Louis, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Geisha (DVD)

This is a beautiful but disturbing period film about an especially successful, especially tragic geisha. It is breathtaking, visually striking, funny, and intense at best... at its worst, there are moments that feel comically over-the-top, comically over-sensational. (Of course this WAS the '80s...) Those intrigued by the "do they or don't they?" mystery of geisha's sex lives will have a lot to chew on after watching this film. This is like "Memoirs of a Geisha," but it felt much more "Japanese," much more believable: raw, gritty, and unforgettably glamorous.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good period piece, April 13, 2011

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Messallus - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Geisha (DVD)

This is a good movie for Geisha fans. It portrays large-scale Geisha houses in the 1930's. The hair and makeup are more accurate than Memoirs of a Geisha. It shows the negative side of buying and selling women both as Geisha and prostitutes. The movie has a unique feature in that footnotes kept popping up to explain expressions used by the characters, it also showed the English translations of the songs used by the Geisha. It is artistically presented with lots of color. It had too many subplots that were a little distracting, but overall was a good movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Geisha Movie with great characters and a good story, September 24, 2010

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Justice For Humanity - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Geisha (DVD)

Let me start this review by saying that I had low expectations while going into this movie. But I am happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised. The movie was very well done and the story, acting, and cinematography were all exquisite. Now I see why the film's cover-art and backside features a layout of all the awards for best director, best actress, best actor, and winner of Japan Academy awards for 1984. Numerous nominations and "awards" were won for this film. I feel that this motion picture, "The Geisha", is a true authentic portrayal of Geisha culture. It certainly has a more of a REAL-Geisha (accurate) feeling to it which brings the authenticity of Geisha culture to fruition. If you like the art of film in general, or if you enjoy enlightenment on Geisha culture and the talented form of Geisha traditions, along with good acting, some comedy, and passion, then I would highly recommend this piece of good cinema-making.