Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha

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Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha

PG-13

Released Aug 2

1h 33m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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The Geisha ladies of Japanese culture have long been revered for their beauty and entertaining skills of singing, dancing and conversation. Some are known to possess special love-making abilities that can drive men crazy. Kate (Crystal J. Huang) leads a mysterious life in San Francisco as a photographer and ballroom dancer. But when all her dance partners turn up dead, detective Remy (Gilles Marini) begins to investigate. As he gets closer to the truth, he too succumbs to passion for Kate, which strains his marriage with Amelia (Karina Smirnoff) and leads to his own death. With the body count growing, police pressure to catch Kate builds, revealing her participation in a secret underworld of honor and culture.

Phil Hoad

Guardian

This self-involved and irony-free endeavour is enough to set neo-noir back a decade, if not more.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 28, 2024

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Dance of the Geisha has an interesting premise with capable direction that’s undone by a confusing and baffling script.

Rated: 5/10

Sep 30, 2024

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Pat Padua

Spectrum Culture

Despite the distinct, original vision, Huang’s charges are unable to execute this bold premise—with a few notable exceptions.

Rated: 40/100

Aug 8, 2024

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Whether someone enjoys “Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha” exclusively depends on the knack for enjoying this type of films, essentially low budget Tarantino-style ones. Those, however, will definitely have a lot of fun with this.

Rated: 5.5

Jul 16, 2024

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Film Threat

Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha will ruffle your feathers in the most delightful way.

Rated: 7.5/10

Jul 11, 2024

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Kari

Its an interesting movie. Enjoy!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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Yuanting Z

The movie is abstract but worth watching for sure. Asian American women have long been stereotyped by mainstream media as exotic and submissive, this movie portrays different aspects of Asian Women successfully. I wish there were more locations for the movie and the movie show times could be easier for us to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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Henry

The theme is similar to "Kill BIll". It is delighting experience to watch beautiful scene and dance choregraphhy.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Janie

Terrific movie combining samurai culture and ballroom dancing, love it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Steven

If you like ballroom dance and mystery, then this film is for you! The ballroom dancing choreography was stand-out and the action scenes were also wonderful. I would love to see how Kates character develops as well as many other characters who were introduced.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Peihong Yan

"Dark Feathers is not just a film—it's an experience. From the first scene to the last, it grips you with its suspense and leaves you questioning everything you thought you knew about its characters."

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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The Geisha ladies of Japanese culture have long been revered for their beauty and entertaining skills of singing, dancing and conversation. Some are known to possess special love-making abilities that can drive men crazy. Kate (Crystal J. Huang) leads a mysterious life in San Francisco as a photographer and ballroom dancer. But when all her dance partners turn up dead, detective Remy (Gilles Marini) begins to investigate. As he gets closer to the truth, he too succumbs to passion for Kate, which strains his marriage with Amelia (Karina Smirnoff) and leads to his own death. With the body count growing, police pressure to catch Kate builds, revealing her participation in a secret underworld of honor and culture.

Director: Crystal J. Huang, Nicholas Ryan
Producer: Crystal J. Huang, Lan Kay, Ned Kisner
Screenwriter: Jin Yao, Daniel Benton
Distributor: Hannover House
Production Co: Unchaseable
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 2, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 33m

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