Maiko Haaaan!!!

Maiko Haaaan!!!
Directed by Nobuo Mizuta
Written by Kankuro Kudo
Starring Sadao Abe
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Kou Shibasaki
Kotomi Kyono
Music by Tarō Iwashiro
Cinematography Osamu Fujiishi
Release dates
  • June 16, 2007
Running time
 120 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Maiko Haaaan!!! (舞妓Haaaan!!!) is a Japanese comedy film released in 2007.

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 where they try to out-do each other at baseball, K-1, cooking, acting and even politics.

Cast

Actor Role
Sadao Abe (阿部 サダヲ) Kimihiko Onizuka
Shinichi Tsutsumi (堤真一) Kiichiro Naito
Kou Shibasaki (柴咲コウ) Fujiko Osawa
Kotomi Kyono (京野ことみ) Koume

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