Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Memoirs Of A Geisha

Directed by Rob Marshall. Memoirs of A Geisha’s writing is credit to Arthur Golden for the book and Robin Swicord for the screenplay.

So who’s starring here?
Ziyi Zhang (Chiyo/Sayuri), Suzuka Ohgo (Young Chiyo), Ken Watanabe (The Chairman), Kôji Yakusho (Nobu), Youki Kudoh (Pumpkin), Li Gong (Hatsumomo), Kaori Momoi (Mother), Tsai Chin (Auntie), Zoe Weizenbaum (Young Pumpkin), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Baron), Kenneth Tsang (The General), Randall Duk Kim (Dr. Crab), Ted Levine (Colonel Derricks), Paul Adelstein (Lieutenant Hutchins), and Samantha Futerman (Satsu).

What’s Memoirs Of A Geisha All About? Got this here.
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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