Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)

Cast

Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Okochi, Ryūnosuke Kaneda, Mitsuko Ishii

Overview

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.