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Other info like the Geisha Girl documentary 2015/1/3 21:47
Hi Japan-Lovers!
First off, I love this website. So much information here!
I have seen the Geisha Girl documentary here, which I thought was amazing: http://kimonogeisha.com/2015/01/02/bbc-geisha-girl-documentary-2005/
and wanted to ask if you guys have more information about how to become a geisha/maiko/geiko in the form of movies or documentaries.
I know there is "Memoirs of a Geisha", but I heard there are a lot of inaccuracies.

Hope you all can help me a bit.

Best wishes for 2015!

Olga
by Olga (guest)  

Re: Other info like the Geisha Girl documentary 2015/1/4 15:29
English documentary may not be much, but it has been quite up on youtube if Japanese videos.
please try and search for like maiko、geisha、舞妓、芸者.
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Other info like the Geisha Girl documentary 2015/1/5 07:41
Unfortunately, my Japanese isn't really good yet.

Can you recommend anything in English or at least with Subtitles?
by Olga (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Other info like the Geisha Girl documentary 2015/1/5 10:48
Andrew Osbourn seems to UP the video of the many geisha.
If see this, I think the video of geisha relationship is displayed in the recommended.
http://youtu.be/uD_soR5XnoQ
by haro1210 rate this post as useful

Re: Other info like the Geisha Girl documentary 2015/1/6 02:11
If you like books, this was an interesting read, mostly photos with some explaination from the maiko: http://www.amazon.com/Geishas-Journey-Life-Kyoto-Apprentice/dp/4770030...

But also I would suggest Liza Dalby's book Geisha if you want to know everything about the history and inner workings of the Geisha world.
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