Geisha Movies

How We Lost It is an experimental short depicting a young maiko in preparation for the defloration ritual, a now outlawed ‘ceremony.’

Pinku from 1971.

Documentary following 15-year-old Yukina as she leaves home and moves to Kyoto to embark on the arduous training needed to become a geisha. The...

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...