World Of Geisha, The (1973) Rating: Starring: Moeko Ezawa, Hideaki Ezumi, Junko Miyashita, Nahomi Oka, Meika Seri, Hatsuo Yamatani Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro Category: Drama, Foreign Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 73 mins     Considered to be one of the best Japanese films of the '70s, Tatsumi Kumashiro's The World of Geisha is a keen examination of the swirling nexus that attracts sex to money and money to power. Set at a geisha house just before the Russo-Japanese War, a beautiful geisha spends the night with a first-time customer who is about to be married. As an experienced geisha, she is not supposed to become personally involved (or sexually excited), but does anyway. Her fellow geishas, both young and old, become involved with a variety of relationships as Kumashiro boldly analyzes the politics of the period using images of rice riots, Korean uprisings and the eventual Japanese invasion of Siberia.