How We Lost It is an experimental short depicting a young maiko in preparation for the defloration ritual, a now outlawed ‘ceremony.’
平傭 Salaryman 鬼塚公彥,自小迷戀舞妓,搞網頁膜拜舞妓之餘,個人終極夢想是與舞妓猜拳。一日,公彥接到通知,要轉往京都分公司工作。能貼近舞妓大本營,公彥興奮莫名。誰知祗園重地,只招待熟客。公彥吃了閉門羹,卻眼見年薪 8 億的棒球手內藤在祗園狂放囂張,把舞妓當婢女。公彥萌起鬥心,決定狂練棒球,擊退內藤!誰知此時舊女友殺到京都,並偷偷加入舞妓行列,密謀向公彥展開大報復…《木更津貓眼》鬼才編劇宮藤官九郎,化騎呢為 Cult 片,爆笑全日本。戇男阿部、靚女柴崎,放下尊嚴,突破禁忌玩到盡!
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.