is a Japanese comedy film released in 2007. Hitoshi Ueki made his final film appearance in the film. Plot Kimihiko Onizuka (Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called yakyuken with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko (Kou Shibasaki) and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house. However, when the realization of Kimihiko's lifelong dream is rudely interrupted by a professional baseball star named Kiichiro Naito (Shinichi Tsutsumi), he vows revenge by becoming a pro baseball player himself. Meanwhile, Fujiko decides to become an apprentice geisha. A rivalry between Kimihiko and Naito ensues in which they try to out-do each other at baseball, K-1, cooking, acting and even politics. Cast Sadao Abe as Kimihiko Onizuka Shinichi Tsutsumi as Kiichiro Naito Kou Shibasaki as Fujiko Osawa Kotomi Kyono as Koume Hitoshi Ueki as Saito References External links 2007 films 2000s Japanese-language films Japanese comedy films Nippon TV films New People films Toho films Films with screenplays by Kankurō Kudō Films scored by Taro Iwashiro 2000s Japanese films