Maiko Haaaan!!!

Maiko Haaaan!!!
Film poster
Directed byNobuo Mizuta
Written byKankurō Kudō
StarringSadao Abe
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Kou Shibasaki
Kotomi Kyono
CinematographyOsamu Fujiishi
Music byTarō Iwashiro
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • June 16, 2007 (2007-06-16) (Japan)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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]

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

References

  1. ↑ "「舞妓Haaaan!!!」笑い転げる面白さ クドカンの想像力の豊かさに驚". JCAST. June 6, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ "柴咲コウ 初日舞台挨拶は着物で お見せだし試写会". liverdoornews. May 19, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ "舞妓はん柴咲コウ着物姿で若さアピール". ORICONNEWS. May 19, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "About Hitoshi Ueki 新撰 芸能人物事典 明治平成 植木等の解説". KOTOBANK. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ "舞妓Haaaan!!!". wowow. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "「小さな仕事でもキチッと一生懸命やる」 元祖テキトー男・植木等は最高の仕事人". AOLnews. September 1, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2021.