History Film / RoboGeisha

%%* DropTheHammer: Courtesy of Yoshie.

* ShesGotLegs: Yoshie and Kikue, highlighted by SailorFuku skirts and [[PantyShot gratuitous high kicks]].

* BlackComedy: In a level that would make Creator/{{Troma}} jealous. Sometimes it doesn't even require blood, such as the interrogation where every time a man is hit, sinking his head into his torso, it reemerges covered in undigested food.

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Yoshie and Kikue combine into one being at the end, using their combined powers and weapons to defeat Hikaru and his giant castle robot.]]

%%* PantyShot: Yoshie gets a lot of them when she's dressed in a SailorFuku.

* WidgetSeries: It's very Japanese, between its martial arts, geishas, and such. And as weird as possible given the robots and over-the-top violence.

''[=RoboGeisha=]'' is a Japanese splatter-horror/action/comedy film directed by Noboru Iguchi (''Film/TheMachineGirl''). It stars Aya Higuchi as Yoshie, Hitomi Hasebe as Kikuyakko, and Takumi Saito as Hikaru Kageno. Originally released in Japanese theatres in 2009, it was later licensed for distribution in English by Creator/{{Funimation}}. See [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd James Rolfe]] review it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikyi7uU2E_I here]].

%%* BlackComedy

%%* '''{{CAMP}}'''

%%* FacialHorror: Often, and usually, but not always, PlayedForLaughs.

%%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry

%%* HighPressureBlood: While this is present in nearly every battle, perhaps the most bizarre example of this is when massive gouts of it can be seen erupting from ''damaged buildings''.
%%* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:Giant castle robot, anyone?]]

%%* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: RoboGeisha

%%* RobotGirl: The Kagusa sisters, as well as the deranged members of Kageno Steel's elite "Goblin Corps".

%%* ShesGotLegs: Yoshie and Kikue.

%%* WorldOfHam

''[=RoboGeisha=]'' is a Japanese splatter-horror/action/comedy film directed by Noboru Iguchi (''Film/TheMachineGirl''). It stars Aya Higuchi as Yoshie, Hitomi Hasebe as Kikuyakko , and Takumi Saito as Hikaru Kageno. Originally released in Japanese theatres in 2009, it was later licensed for distribution in English by Creator/{{Funimation}}. See [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd James Rolfe]] review it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikyi7uU2E_I here]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's fifth in an unofficial series preceded by ''Film/MeatballMachine'', ''Film/TheMachineGirl'', ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'', ''Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl'', and succeeded by ''Film/MutantGirlsSquad''.

* {{Action Girl}}s: Yoshie and Kikue, and, well, the entire geisha army.
* [[AlasPoorVillain Alas, Poor Villains]]: When [[spoiler:the Tengun]] are killed.
* {{Animeland}}[=/=]ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: There is not a Japanese stereotype in existence that this movie does not portray. {{Yakuza}}, Geisha, Ninjas, Samurai, SailorFuku, {{Kaiju}}, {{Toku}}satsu, you name it.

* BMovie
* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy[=/=]HandicappedBadass: Kanai.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yoshie is a pretty nice person... until you push her too far.
* BlackBraAndPanties[=/=]StockingFiller: Essentially what the Tengun wear.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: An interesting take on this trope, as one of the many hidden weapons in Yoshie's arsenal are a pair of retractable katanas that emerge from her ''arm pits''.
* BlackComedy
* BloodyHilarious
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Kikuyakko, by the end of the film.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Kikuyakko, towards the end.]] Also the Tengun.
* TheBully: Kikuyakko starts out as one towards Yoshie.
* CallingYourAttacks: Happens often.
** "Wig napalm!"
** "Breast milk from hell!"
* '''{{CAMP}}'''

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Both Hikaru Kageno and his father, Kenyama. They kidnap and force young women into becoming their personal assassins, attempt to murder anyone and everyone who gets in their way, and they ultimately desire to ''destroy Japan'' to achieve their goals.
* {{Dark Action Girl}}s: The Tengun.
* DirtyOldMan: Kanai has shades of this, notably during [[spoiler: his death.]]
--> This is paradise!
* DropTheHammer: Courtesy of Yoshie.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* FacialHorror: Often, and usually, but not always, PlayedForLaughs.

* GainaxEnding
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry
* [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Half The Woman She Used To Be]]: [[spoiler:After getting caught up in a suicide bomb blast (intended as a trap), Yoshie is seen crawling away from the wreckage, minus her lower half.]]
* HandicappedBadass: There's a man in a wheelchair who has a gun in his knee.
* HaventYouSeenXBefore: "You've never seen a castle-shaped robot before?"
* HighPressureBlood: While this is present in nearly every battle, perhaps the most bizarre example of this is when massive gouts of it can be seen erupting from ''damaged buildings''.
* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:Giant castle robot, anyone?]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Yoshie towards [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Kikue]], during their final battle.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Yoshie, as displayed by the aforementioned EyeScream example. Two words: "'''''Fried Shrimp'''''".
* {{Jerkass}}: Kikuyakko, although later she is shown as more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* JobTitle: Yoshie works as a geisha.
* LampshadeHanging: A lot, particularly in re the repeated use of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands.
-->'''YOSHIE''': "I never thought I'd be able to turn into a tank."
** The characters acknowledging the embarrassing nature of the [=AssSwords=] qualifies as well.
* LargeHam: Pretty much the entire cast.
* MoodWhiplash: The overall fun, campy silliness is toned down a ''lot'' when it is revealed that [[spoiler:Hikaru sent Yoshie on a suicide mission. And [[ForcedToWatch forces Kikue to watch]].]]
* NightmareFetishist: Hikaru, if what he does to [[spoiler:Kikuyakko's exposed brain as he kisses her]] is anything to go by...
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: RoboGeisha
* OverlyLongGag: Some of the death scenes.
* PantyShot: Yoshie gets a lot of them when she's dressed in a SailorFuku.
* RobotGirl: The Kagusa sisters, as well as the deranged members of Kageno Steel's elite "Goblin Corps".
* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: Pretty much the entire film runs on this.
* {{Seppuku}}: An unfortunate geisha assassin recruit is ordered to do this, after she decides that she doesn't want to go through with the initiation and wants to leave.
* ShesGotLegs: Yoshie and Kikue.
* SpiritualSuccessor: It's fifth in an unofficial series preceded by ''Film/MeatballMachine'', ''Film/TheMachineGirl'', ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'', ''[[Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl]]'' and succeeded by ''Film/MutantGirlsSquad''.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Tengun.
* {{Toku}}
* TookALevelInBadass: Yoshie, naturally.
* TorpedoTits: Kikuyakko's first cybernetic upgrade is to have her right breast converted into a machine gun. (Her left breast? The trigger.) Additionally, the Tengun fire acidic breast milk from theirs.
* TheUnintelligible: Kanai, except when he is talking about Kageno.
* [[WidgetSeries Widget]]: ''Boy howdy''.

* WorldOfBadass
* WorldOfHam

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Kanai.]]

* JobTitle

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's fifth in an unofficial series preceded by ''Film/MeatballMachine'', ''Film/TheMachineGirl'', ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'', ''[[Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl]]'' and succeeded by ''Mutant Girls Squad''.

Their lives change when the young heir of the Kagano Steel Manufacturing corporation notices one of these feats, and forces the sisters to become part of his private army of geisha assassins. Accepting their fate, the sisters quickly rise through the ranks of the geisha corps, constantly replacing their human flesh with ever more deadly and bizarre mechanical body-parts and weaponry, each hoping to out-do the other in their ongoing rivalry.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Both Hikaru Kagano and his father, Kenyama. They kidnap and force young women into becoming their personal assassins, attempt to murder anyone and everyone who gets in their way, and they ultimately desire to ''destroy Japan'' to achieve their goals.

* RobotGirl: The Kagusa sisters, as well as the deranged members of Kagano Steel's elite "Goblin Corps".

* TheUnintelligible: Kanai, except when he is talking about Kagano.

''[=RoboGeisha=]'' is a Japanese splatter-horror/action/comedy film directed by Noboru Iguchi (''Film/TheMachineGirl''). It stars Aya Higuchi as Yoshi, Hitomi Hasebe as Kikuyakko , and Takumi Saito as Hikaru Kageno. Originally released in Japanese theatres in 2009, it was later licensed for distribution in English by Creator/{{Funimation}}. See [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd James Rolfe]] review it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikyi7uU2E_I here]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's fifth in an unofficial series preceded by ''MeatballMachine'', ''Film/TheMachineGirl'', ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'', ''[[Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl]]'' and succeeded by ''Mutant Girls Squad''.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yoshie.

''Robo Geisha'' is a Japanese splatter-horror/action/comedy film directed by Noboru Iguchi (''Film/TheMachineGirl''). It stars Aya Higuchi as Yoshi, Hitomi Hasebe as Kikuyakko , and Takumi Saito as Hikaru Kageno. Originally released in Japanese theatres in 2009, it was later licensed for distribution in English by Creator/{{Funimation}}. See [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd James Rolfe]] review it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikyi7uU2E_I here]].

!!! "[=TropoGeisha=]:

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The trailer uses a barely-recognizable version of ''LiveAndLetDie''.

* WordSaladLyrics: The song played over the closing credits has lyrics that, translated into English, include "the snow in our breasts" and "lungfuls of the last vestiges of light."

* {{Animeland}}[=/=]ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: There is not a Japanese stereotype in existence that this movie does not portray. {{Yakuza}}, Geisha, Ninjas, Samurai, SailorFuku, {{Kaiju}}, {{Tokusatsu}}... you name it.

''[=RoboGeisha=]'' is the story of two sisters: Kikuyakko "Kikue" Kagusa, a [=Geisha=] who is renowned for her beauty, and Yoshie Kagusa, who works as a servant in the same teahouse as Kikuyakko. Yoshie suffers near constant abuse at the hands of her elder sister, who derides her lack of grace and potential for becoming a Geisha at every opportunity. While Yoshie for the most part tries to take this treatment in stride, at times her rage boils over and manifests itself in almost-superhuman feats of strength.

''[=RoboGeisha=]'' is the story of two sisters: Kikuyakko "Kikue" Kagusa, a {{geisha}} who is renowned for her beauty, and Yoshie Kagusa, who works as a servant in the same teahouse as Kikuyakko. Yoshie suffers near constant abuse at the hands of her elder sister, who derides her lack of grace and potential for becoming a Geisha at every opportunity. While Yoshie for the most part tries to take this treatment in stride, at times her rage boils over and manifests itself in almost-superhuman feats of strength.

* [=Panty Shot=]: Yoshie gets a lot of them when she's dressed in a SailorFuku.

-->-- The ''RoboGeisha'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTFkrSUQ24 trailer]].

''RoboGeisha'' is the story of two sisters: Kikuyakko "Kikue" Kagusa, a {{geisha}} who is renowned for her beauty, and Yoshie Kagusa, who works as a servant in the same teahouse as Kikuyakko. Yoshie suffers near constant abuse at the hands of her elder sister, who derides her lack of grace and potential for becoming a Geisha at every opportunity. While Yoshie for the most part tries to take this treatment in stride, at times her rage boils over and manifests itself in almost-superhuman feats of strength.

''Robo Geisha'' is a Japanese splatter-horror/action/comedy film directed by Noboru Iguchi (''Film/TheMachineGirl''). It stars Aya Higuchi as Yoshi, Hitomi Hasebe as Kikuyakko , and Takumi Saito as Hikaru Kageno. Originally released in Japanese theatres in 2009, it was later licensed for distribution in English by {{Funimation}}. See [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd James Rolfe]] review it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikyi7uU2E_I here]].

!! ''RoboGeisha'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* [[ActionGirl Action Girls]]: Yoshie and Kikue, and, well, the entire geisha army.

* {{Animeland}} / ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: There is not a Japanese stereotype in existence that this movie does not portray. {{Yakuza}}, Geisha, Ninjas, Samurai, SailorFuku, {{Kaiju}}, {{Tokusatsu}}... you name it.

* BadassGrandpa / CoolOldGuy / HandicappedBadass: Kanai.

* BlackBraAndPanties / StockingFiller: Essentially what the Tengun wear.

* [[DarkActionGirl Dark Action Girls]]: The Tengun.

* {{Pantyshot}}: Yoshie gets a lot of them when she's dressed in a SailorFuku.

* RuleOfCool / RuleOfFunny: Pretty much the entire film runs on this.