Overview - Real Geisha, Real Women

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary

Runtime: 52 minutes

Homepage: Real Geisha, Real Women

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Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

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Overview

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.

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