RoboGeisha (2009)
"Robo-geisha" (original title)

Yoshie, the younger and ill-treated sister of a renowned Geisha, is discovered to have natural strength and fighting ability. She's recruited into an army of Geisha assassins by the rich ... See full summary »

Director:

Noboru Iguchi

Writer:

Noboru Iguchi (screenplay)

Stars:

Asami, Naoto Takenaka, Yoshihiro Nishimura

Cast

Credited cast:
Asami	...	Onna Tengu 1
Naoto Takenaka	...	Kanai
Yoshihiro Nishimura	...	Yakuza's Boss
Takumi Saitô	...	Hikaru Kageno
Cay Izumi	...	Onna Tengu 2
Suzuki Matsuo	...	Tetsuma Gotokuji
Yûya Ishikawa	...	Suzuki
Kentarô Shimazu	...	Kogure
Shôko Nakahara	...	Hideko
Asami Kumakiri	...	Kotone
Aya Kiguchi	...	Yoshie Kasuga
Yûya Matsuura	...	Killed Man
Yui Murata
Tarô Shigaki	...	Kenzan Kageno
Hiroaki Murakami	...	Fat Guest

Storyline

Yoshie, the younger and ill-treated sister of a renowned Geisha, is discovered to have natural strength and fighting ability. She's recruited into an army of Geisha assassins by the rich and powerful owner of a steel-works, Kageno. During training large (and interesting) parts of their bodies are altered into weaponry directly linked to their brains. Yoshie soon realizes that Kagenos real plan is to have his robotic castle throw a new and very powerful nuclear bomb into the centre of Fuji-san, effectively destroying Japan entirely. With the help of other 'Kageno defectors', she sets out to stop him and his Tengu warriors.

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Plot Keywords:

geisha | assassin | army | schlock | tongue in cheek | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official blog [Japan] Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

3 October 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gaijinsploitation 4

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kadokawa Eiga K.K., Movie Gate Co., Pony Canyon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Found (2012)

User Reviews

Worth seeing for the oddness

Yoshie (Aya Kiguchi) is the put upon younger sister of geisha Kikue (Hitomi Hasebe) and she accompanies her sibling to a job for rich young industrialist Hikaru (Takumi Saitô), who runs Kageno Steel Manufacturing. The company is a front for his sinister plans to control the world via a bomb he is making and his robot geisha army. The duo is kidnapped and transformed, but Yoshie finds herself thriving in the training and bypassing her sister's shadow. Soon she is the top assassin RoboGeisha, who kills Hikaru's enemies with ease. Of course, she has a change of heart when her latest target - a group of old folks searching for their kidnapped family members - tells her of Hikaru's sinister plans. I think I can only handle one of these deliberately campy, cute girl Japanese action pictures once every 5 years. This plays like a Troma film, but with a no nudity. It is pretty much a non-stop marathon of oddity. Director Noboru Iguchi previously did THE MACHINE GIRL (2008) and this carries on the tradition of showing wild, never-seen-before gags. You get bizarre stuff like breast milk that melts faces, a robot castle, chest guns, knee guns, shoulder guns, and AssSwords (exactly what you think it is). Unfortunately, if you saw the long trailer, it showed you pretty much all of these things.