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.