RoboGeisha
2009 film by Noboru Iguchi
RoboGeisha (Japanese: ロボゲイシャ) is a 2009 Japanese sci-fi action comedy film written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, visual effects directed by Tsuyoshi Kazuno, and special effects directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura. All three had previously worked together on The Machine Girl, and Nishimura worked on Tokyo Gore Police. The film premiered in theaters on October 3, 2009 and received generally negative reviews. The film's theme song is "Lost Control" by Art-School.
The film is about two sisters named Yoshie and Kikue Kasuga, Geishas who get abducted by a steel manufacturer in an attempt to transform them into murderous cyborg assassins.
Plot
The film opens with an assassination attempt on a political candidate by a geisha who is revealed to be a cyborg assassin. She is accompanied by two women in tengu masks who dispatch the candidate's bodyguards using unconventional weapons, including shuriken fired from their buttocks. The candidate is attacked by the geisha's mouth-mounted circular saw, but is saved by the sudden arrival of another cyborg geisha, Yoshie Kasuga (Aya Kiguchi), who destroys the attacker.
In flashback, Yoshie and her older sister Kikue (Hitomi Hasebe) are orphaned geisha living in a traditional house. Kikue, the favored and talented sibling, constantly bullies the clumsy Yoshie.
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