MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005)

 

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Based on the novel by: Arthur Golden

Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Suzuka Ohgo, Samantha Futerman, Koji Yakusho, Kaori Momoi, Mako, Elizabeth Sung, Kotoko Kawamura, Tsai Chin, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kenneth Tsang, Karl Yune, Ted Levine, Paul Adelstein, Togo Igawa, Randall Duk Kim, Navia Nguyen, Faith Shin, Yoko Narahashi, Takayo Fischer, Nobu Matsuhisa, Shizuko Hoshi, Zoe Weizenbaum

145 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, scenes of sensuality)

PLOT:

In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo, who is vindictively jealous of this new young girl's stunning beauty. Hatsumomo's bitter rival Mameha rescues Chiyo and mentors her as she becomes Sayuri, a geisha fully trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms, Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.

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