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Geisha (芸者?), geiko (芸子) or geigi (芸妓) are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.
Geisha ( /ˈɡeɪʃə/; Japanese: [ɡeːʃa]), like all Japanese nouns, has no distinct singular or plural variants. The word consists of two kanji, 芸 (gei) meaning "art" and 者 (sha) meaning "person" or "doer". The most literal translation of geisha into English would be "artist," "performing artist," or "artisan." Another name for geisha in is geiko (芸子), which is usually used to refer to geisha from western Japan, which includes Kyoto.
Apprentice geisha are called maiko (舞子 or 舞妓), literally "dance child") or hangyoku (半玉), "half-jewel" (meaning that they are paid half of the wage of a full geisha), or by the more generic term o-shaku (御酌), literally "one who pours (alcohol)". The white make-up and elaborate kimono and hair of a maiko is the popular image held of geisha. A woman entering the geisha community does not have to begin as a maiko, having the opportunity to begin her career as a full geisha. Either way, however, usually a year's training is involved before debuting either as a maiko or as a geisha. A woman above 21 is considered too old to be a maiko and becomes a full geisha upon her initiation into the geisha community. However, those who do go through the maiko stage can enjoy more prestige later in their professional lives.
Iwan Fals (born Virgiawan Listanto; September 3, 1961 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian singer–songwriter. In 2002, Time magazine named him as a Great Asian Hero.
Iwan was born Virgiawan Listanto in Jakarta, on September 3, 1961 to Harsoyo, a soldier, and Lies Suudijah. He studied at SMP 5 Bandung and SMAK BPK Bandung. He continued his studies at Sekolah Tinggi Publisistik and then Jakarta Arts Institute. At the age of thirteen, he performed as a street performer at wedding ceremonies and other social events.
On 1st January 1982, his first son, Galang Rambu Anarki was born. One of his best-known songs, Galang Rambu Anarki, was written for his birth and released on 1982's Opini (Opinion) album. Galang was a guitarist who became a folk musician in his own right, and he died on 25 April 1997 of a suspected morphine overdose. 'Galang Rambu Anarki' translates to "support the sign of anarchy" in English.
Three years later, his first daughter Anissa Cikal Rambu Basae was born. His third child is Rayya Rambu Robbani. He and Rosanna, his wife live in Cibubur, West Java.
Actors: Kiyoshi Yamamoto (producer), Kiyoshi Yamamoto (editor), Kiyoshi Yamamoto (director), Kiyoshi Yamamoto (writer), Kiyoshi Yamamoto (writer), Mikiya Sanada (actor), Masanori Mimoto (actor), Takao Arai (producer), Maashito Okamoto (actress), Kate Aoki (actress), Masafumi Oishi (actor),
Plot: Once upon a time in the Edo period, when samurai, ninja and geisha are very active. There is a town where zombies become rampant and has been turned into a hell. One day an eccentric ninja arrives at this town. He is very eccentric because he is carrying stupas instead of swords. A stupa is an offering for the dead to rest in peace. And he is looking for the meaning of life, while sending zombies spinning off into eternity. In time, he meets a geisha who survives. In desperate struggle being chased by zombies, she doesn't have an art fight. However, he saves her life with his overwhelming combat power, and they hide themselves in a row house and wait for quiet night.
Genres: Action, Horror, Short,Actors: Joonas Allonen (actor), Joonas Allonen (producer), Petteri Silvonen (actor), Jussi Vesanto (writer), Jussi Vesanto (director), Jussi Vesanto (producer), Teemu Malmi (actor), Lani le (actor), Heikki Saarenketo (actor), Sven T. Susioja (editor), Mauri Mikkola (composer),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Kai Atô (actor), Satoru Saitô (actor), David Greenspan (producer), Chris Zeller (writer), Chris Zeller (editor), Wataru Hokoyama (composer), Nobu Shima (editor), Jason Allen (producer), Aaron Berman (miscellaneous crew), Mamiko Itô (miscellaneous crew), Masanori Baba (writer), Masanori Baba (producer), Masanori Baba (director), Yuka Nakatani (actress), Tokuko Miura (actress),
Plot: In 1945, a year after Chiyo's father dies in the war, she expects him to come back during O-Bon, the Japanese festival of the dead. When he does not return, this 4 year-old girl runs off into the night, meeting a Monk with no ears, a crying Geisha at the cemetery, a Samurai ghost & The Lotus God... Will she reunite with her father?
Genres: Family, Fantasy, Short, War,Actors: Kenneth Branagh (writer), Patrick Doyle (composer), Kenneth Branagh (producer), Alfred Molina (actor), Kenneth Branagh (producer), William Shakespeare (writer), Janet McTeer (actress), Brian Blessed (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Patrick Doyle (actor), Richard Briers (actor), Kevin Kline (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Steve Dent (miscellaneous crew), Kenneth Branagh (director),
Plot: Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior (the banished duke), is raised at the court of Duke Frederick (who is younger brother to Duke Senior and took over his dukedom), with her cousin Celia (daughter to Duke Frederick). She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but before she can even think twice about it, she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia, being Rosalind's best friend, goes with Rosalind (who is disguised as a boy, Ganymede) and Touchstone, the court's fool, to the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's eldest brother. What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for her, and to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade of Ganymede.
Keywords: based-on-play, court-jester, cross-dressing, disguise, exile, forest, idyllic-setting, interracial-relationship, melancholy, shakespeareActors: Tom Byron (actor), Billy Dee (actor), Mike Horner (actor), Peter North (actor), Blake Palmer (actor), Herschel Savage (actor), Tracey Adams (actress), Nina DePonca (actress), Shanna McCullough (actress), Taija Rae (actress), Wolfgang Gower (director),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Giorgio Simonelli (director), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Silvio Bagolini (actor), Margaret Lee (actress), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Gianni Agus (actor), Enzo Andronico (actor), Riccardo Billi (actor), Franco Franchi (actor), Veriano Ginesi (actor), Pietro Ceccarelli (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Vittorio Congia (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Giorgio Simonelli (director), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Silvio Bagolini (actor), Margaret Lee (actress), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Gianni Agus (actor), Enzo Andronico (actor), Riccardo Billi (actor), Franco Franchi (actor), Veriano Ginesi (actor), Pietro Ceccarelli (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Vittorio Congia (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Giorgio Simonelli (director), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Silvio Bagolini (actor), Margaret Lee (actress), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Gianni Agus (actor), Enzo Andronico (actor), Riccardo Billi (actor), Franco Franchi (actor), Veriano Ginesi (actor), Pietro Ceccarelli (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Vittorio Congia (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Yves Montand (actor), Archie Marshek (editor), Shirley MacLaine (actress), Norman Krasna (writer), Norman Krasna (writer), Edward G. Robinson (actor), Edith Head (costume designer), Tatsuo Saitô (actor), Robert Cummings (actor), Shirley MacLaine (actress), Franz Waxman (composer), Alex Gerry (actor), Yoko Tani (actress), Jack Cardiff (director), Nobuo Chiba (actor),
Plot: Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly, but he doesn't want his wife to play the leading part, as in his previous pictures. Producer Sam Lewis and Lucy Dell think up a scheme to get her in the picture after all. Lucy disguises as a Geisha, and gets the leading part in the picture. When Robaix finds out he gets so mad, he wants to divorce Lucy...
Keywords: actor, actress, assumed-identity, deception, director, disguise, film-producer, film-within-a-film, filmmaking, geishaActors: Kyû Sazanka (actor), Nijiko Kiyokawa (actress), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Akira Ôizumi (actor), Akira Kishii (actor), Hizuru Takachiho (actress), Hizuru Takachiho (actress), Kunio Kaga (actor), Tadashi Manjome (composer), Shunji Sakai (actor), Shunji Sakai (actor), Ryo Hagiwara (director), Haruhisa Kawada (actor), Chie Ueki (actress),
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