Maiko Haaaan!!!
2007 Japanese film
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Maiko Haaaan!!! (Japanese: 舞妓 Haaaan!!!) is a Japanese comedy film directed by Nobuo Mizuta and released in 2007.[1][2][3] Hitoshi Ueki made his final film appearance in this project.[4]
| Maiko Haaaan!!! | |
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| Directed by | Nobuo Mizuta |
| Written by | Kankurō Kudō |
| Starring | Sadao Abe Shinichi Tsutsumi Kou Shibasaki Kotomi Kyono |
| Cinematography | Osamu Fujiishi |
| Music by | Tarō Iwashiro |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
Kimihiko Onizuka (Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called yakyuken with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko (Kou Shibasaki) and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house. However, when the realization of Kimihiko's lifelong dream is rudely interrupted by a professional baseball star named Kiichiro Naito (Shinichi Tsutsumi), he vows revenge by becoming a pro baseball player himself. Meanwhile, Fujiko decides to become an apprentice geisha. A rivalry between Kimihiko and Naito ensues in which they try to out-do each other at baseball, K-1, cooking, acting and even politics.[5]
Cast
- Sadao Abe as Kimihiko Onizuka
- Shinichi Tsutsumi as Kiichiro Naito
- Kou Shibasaki as Fujiko Osawa
- Kotomi Kyono as Koume
- Hitoshi Ueki[6] as Saito
