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. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo’s bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha’s mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, 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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Genre: Drama | Romance Director: Rob Marshall Writers (WGA): Robin Swicord (screenplay) Arthur Golden (book) Cast: Suzuka Ohgo … Chiyo Togo Igawa … Tanaka Mako … Sakamoto Samantha Futerman … Satsu Elizabeth Sung … Sakamoto’s Wife Thomas Ikeda … Mr. Bekku Li Gong … Hatsumomo (as Gong Li) Tsai Chin … Auntie Kaori Momoi … Mother Zoe Weizenbaum … Young Pumpkin David Okihiro … Shamisen Teacher Miyako Tachibana … Dance Teacher Kotoko Kawamura … Granny Karl Yune … Koichi Eugenia Yuan … Korin Ken Watanabe … Chairman Michelle Yeoh … Mameha Youki Kudoh … Pumpkin Ziyi Zhang … Sayuri Kôji Yakusho … Nobu (as Koji Yakusho) Ted Levine … Colonel Derricks Shizuko Hoshi … Sayuri Narration (voice) Also Known As (AKA) Memorias de una geisha Argentina / Mexico / Spain / Venezuela Die Geisha Austria (promotional title) / Germany Мемуары гейши Russia Anamniseis mias geisas Greece Bir geysanin anilari Turkey (Turkish title) Egy gésa emlékiratai Hungary En geishas memoarer Sweden Geisha Canada (French title) Geishan muistelmat Finland Mémoires d’une geisha France Memórias de uma Gueixa Brazil Memorie di una geisha Italy Mit liv som geisha Denmark Sayuri Japan Wyznania gejszy Poland Memoriile unei Gheise Romania |





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