Saturday May 26, 2012

Aya Kiguchi shows her skills as 'Robogeisha'

Aya Kiguchi shows her skills as 'Robogeisha'

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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    Crimsonsil

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

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    stirfry

    wow...a "talento" as well as a "gravure idol"...she must be special...zzzzzzz

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    wanderlust

    Terminator-chan?

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    bamboohat

    Sounds like a Porno

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    lonelyteardrops

    Crimsonsil at 06:23 AM JST - 26th July Wait, so she's not a robot? Just an assassin?

    Ha ha ha (Laughter)

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    ZetaSagittarii

    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"?

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    timeon

    "tarento and gravure idol" = the recipe to becoming a great actress

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    SpanishEyez37

    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

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    lonelyteardrops

    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...

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    Triumvere

    Nanda kore?!

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

    Shiro Robot FTW.

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    TofuUnion

    Did you check the number of comments on the trailer in Youtube ? Already more than 1800 !

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    TokyoGas

    I just checked youtube. 700k+ views and 1,800+ comments. WOW

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    OssanAmerica

    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.

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    telecasterplayer

    The looks to be beyond horrible..

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    SpanishEyez37

    Two words: ''Fried Shrimp''!

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    oberst

    but can she dance ?

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    Yelena

    Heart breaking! Is this kind of rubbish really interesting to anybody?

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    Nessie

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

    Assassogeisha was deemed too "hip."

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    Triumvere

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

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    Crimsonsil

    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.

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