Real Geisha Real Women (2009)–Documentary–Complete Film, English Subtitles

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Channel: Peter MacIntosh

Views: 857,189

Rating: 4.8620172 out of 5

Keywords: geisha, geiko, maiko, kyoto, documentary, peter macintosh, Gion, Japanese culture, tradtional arts, expat

Id: pmH4mcTb6JE

Length: 53min 5sec (3185 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 15 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/queenblackacid]

Wow. I did not expect to stumble upon this on youtube. This is Peter Macintosh's documentary, the one I tried to buy but the links were dead. Peter Macintosh has uploaded it to youtube himself.

[u/queenblackacid]

Wow. Wow! This doco is a surprisingly good mishmash of footage.

• Mieko's childhood sounds very difficult, and I am glad that maiko now do not get sold to the karyukai, or resort to becoming a maiko or geiko out of financial necessity.

• I thought Haruno was Miehina's biological mother, but she isn't.

• I saw Shuji, the otokoshi who unfortunately died recently from cancer.

• I learned that Umechika has a kawaii voice, and that Toshiharu left to get married and start a family.

• Ichiwaka was a maiko I hadn't heard of before, and I am confused by her wearing a white eri yet a junior maiko's December kanzashi and wareshinobu. I think they she must have been in that unusual phase that Marika is right now, where she is a great dancer yet a bit too young for senior status. She later retired as a geiko.

• I'd really like to find out about Mamefuku's store.

• Bacon and egg sushi looks disgusting, and Miehina trying Guinness is adorable.

[u/denareru]

Wow, thanks for posting this!

[u/DrPeace]

I have been looking for this forever, and I'm so glad Peter Macintosh posted it himself. Thank you!