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The Revelation of a Geisha

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Audience Score
20
The Revelation of a Geisha
NR 1 hr 27 minComedyHot Springs Geisha Collection PosterPart of Hot Springs Geisha Collection
After the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on her own and ends up working as a geisha at a hot spring resort. After rising in popularity, a climactic sex battle is held to decide who gets to lay claim to her.
StarringMiwako OnayaYasuko MatsuiHiroko Sakaki
DirectorSadao Nakajima
WritersTakeo KanekoSadao NakajimaMasahiro Kakefuda

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Toei Company
Movie Tags:
geisha

Hot Springs Geisha Collection

Toei's film series about Hot Springs Geisha. Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is the Japanese term geisha working in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns, known for their traditions of performance and entertainment style, which differ significantly to geisha working in other areas of Japan. Historically, the term "onsen geisha" has held mostly negative connotations with sex work, and has come to be synonymous with "sex worker" for a number of reasons, despite sex work being made illegal in Japan in the 1950s. Despite connotations of low standards of performing arts, modern onsen geisha hold the same training in the arts as geisha from other regions of Japan.