9424_geisha2
1960s, 1970s
Two Geisha women are walking down a street in Kyoto, Japan. The women are wearing traditional geisha costumes, with painted faces, kimonos, and fancy hair adornments. They are walking and talking together and the camera is following them from behind as they turn a corner and head down another street. They pass by two women who are dressed normally, wearing lady’s business suits of the 60’s or 70’s. Another shot of the two geisha women walking into a large traditional looking Japanese building. It has the look of a wooden castle. Now we see a close-up of a geisha woman doing a dance. Then a shot of two geisha’s doing a dance in the background with two other women playing Japanese instruments in the foreground. One woman is playing a shamisen, or japanese 3 stringed guitar. Another shot shows just the two geishas dancing in the empty room.