Aya Kiguchi shows her skills as 'Robogeisha'

Sunday 26th July, 03:22 AM JST

TOKYO —

“Tarento” and gravure idol Aya Kiguchi, 23, will play the lead role in the movie “Robogeisha,” directed by Noboru Iguchi and to be released in October.

In the movie, Kiguchi’s character Yoshie is the younger sister and attendant of a geisha (Hitomi Hasegawa). One day, the sisters are invited to a dinner party by a customer, the son of the president of Kageno Iron Corporation (Takumi Saito). They are kidnapped and then trained to be assassins by the company president. Yoshie, who shows promise as an assassin, then begins to doubt the motives of the group.

The movie also stars Naoto Takenaka, 53, Matsuo Suzuki, 46, Etsuko Ikuta, 62, and Asami Kumakiri, 29.

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ZetaSagittarii at 02:50 PM JST - 26th July

Crimsonsil: Wait, so she's not a robot? Just an assassin?

In the true Japanese spirit of shortenings and concatenations, who knows? Maybe "robo" stands for "lobotomy"?
timeon at 03:51 PM JST - 26th July

"tarento and gravure idol" = the recipe to becoming a great actress
SpanishEyez37 at 04:19 PM JST - 26th July

The trailer for ''RoboGeisha''has been playing on YouTube for a while now. It's hilarious! I can't wait to see it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-gGes6qig
lonelyteardrops at 05:08 PM JST - 26th July

The trailer for ''RoboGeisha''has been playing on YouTube for a while now.

I've just enjoyed the trailer.I think to make that kind of film is one of the most "luxury" way of using money. I'll see it on DVD...
Triumvere at 07:28 PM JST - 26th July

Nanda kore?!

Ah, I see... It's the guy that did Machine Girl.

Shiro Robot FTW.
TofuUnion at 07:37 PM JST - 26th July

Did you check the number of comments on the trailer in Youtube ? Already more than 1800 !
TokyoGas at 08:59 PM JST - 26th July

I just checked youtube. 700k+ views and 1,800+ comments. WOW
OssanAmerica at 11:50 PM JST - 26th July

haha- I just saw the youtube video and I can't stop laughing. Glad they seem to have brought back the steel claw guy from those three in Lone Wolf.
telecasterplayer at 01:07 AM JST - 27th July

The looks to be beyond horrible..
SpanishEyez37 at 05:58 AM JST - 27th July

Two words: ''Fried Shrimp''!
oberst at 06:05 PM JST - 27th July

but can she dance ?
Yelena at 09:17 PM JST - 27th July

Heart breaking! Is this kind of rubbish really interesting to anybody?
Nessie at 09:57 PM JST - 27th July

Wait, so she's not a robot? Just an assassin?

Assassogeisha was deemed too "hip."
Triumvere at 11:49 AM JST - 28th July

Oh, she's a cyborg all right. Don't tell me you din't watch the trailer...
Crimsonsil at 05:23 AM JST - 30th July

Oh, she's a cyborg all right. Don't tell me you din't watch the trailer...

Not till after the article, but that trailer was hilarious. Especially the narrator.