Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
PG-13 | 06 December 2005 (USA)
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In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Lightdeossk

Captivating movie !

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Plustown

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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martin-fennell

Terrific movie with Excellent performances from Li Gong, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang. and others in the cast. I understand Japanese people being critical of Chinese playing Japanese. I'm sure there are plenty of Japanese Actresess who could have played the roles just as well. But I find some of the reviews rather silly Quote from a review here "First, I have to ask the director why he did not hire a Japanese art director who would not create absolutely untruth interior architecture and furniture, and not make funny hair and Kimono style. Japanese never wear Kimono making the right side in front until they die." I'm sorry, I didn't watch to learn about Japanese architecture. if i did. i would watch a documentary about Japanese architecture. I don't care about the hair do's, and whether or not the kimono is displayed probably or not. I'm irish. If I watch about Ireland, eg Michael Collins, i don't care if the films get's historical facts wrong. what's more important is the story, the acting, directing. stuff like that. Look, this film was made primarily for a western audience. i'm sure there are people in the west who take a deep interest in Japanese culture who will take issue with what the film got wrong. But for the average film-goer like me, I highly recommend this movie.

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Lola A

I have read the book and as such I was very excited to watch the movie. Given that Les Miserables and Great Gatsby were amazing adaptions of the book I was expecting something similar from this one but was I wrong. The main problem with this adoption is that it lacks the emotion with which Geisha tells the story. She hates it, finds this whole world bizarre but in the movie we do not see it. It is shown as something she finds normal and adapts to it. There is emotion of dislike towards geishas expressed. Maybe the creators were being careful not to insult the culture but without that emotion and Chiyos attitude towards Geishas, the movie looses that what made the book so great. Real-life link: if you are not a modern undefended woman, you fate depends on others and sadly mainly rich man. Plausibility: A 14 year old falls for an older men because the men shows him kindness but why would an old men like the Chairmen fall for a kid so that he sends Mameha to help her become a geisha without being a pedo? There is something shady here that does not fit. But that has more to do with the book then the movie. Storytelling: Follows the book nicely, with the exception that it leaves out the reason why the father sells the girls and that it ends quickly without telling that the chairmen and Chiyo get together and have kids and she moves the states. Casting/ Acting: I liked the fact that the actors were not Westerns but what bugged me a bit was their accent, why would you not cast American actors with the same background to get rid of the accent? Overall, it lacked the emotion that makes the story of the Geisha so great.

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Savannah Gallegos

I love it! This is wonderful! I remembered that I watched it when I was a kid! Her dance was extremely beautiful! I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in Asian culture! I wanted to buy a DVD of this movie! I would buy it on Amazon now! I wonder many people like this? Actually, this movie was about a woman became famous geisha and everyone know her very well since she hosted many dances. I cried when she became a geisha! She was very popular! But I don't like that woman who tried to hurt that geisha! She worked hard to became a pretty geisha! And these cherry blossom are very pretty than in Washington, D.C. And it makes me want to eat snow cones!

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OllieSuave-007

This is one of the most beautiful movies I have seen - a rags-to-riches story about Nitta Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), where her childhood life in her fishing-village was depicted and how she was sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion District, eventually becoming one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.Set before and after World War II, Dion Beebe's cinematography captures the brilliance of Japan with its pagoda-style homes and buildings, people-filled courtyards with bridges and streams, and dozens of cherry blossom trees. The people are seen in their culture-rich clothing including the flowing kimono.This movie features, I think, some of most gorgeous actresses from Asia, including Ziyi Zhang and Li Gong. The rivalry between the two were staged breathtakingly; Zhang's Sayuri becomes the new geisha in town whose innocence and beauty surpasses that of Hatsumomo (Li Gong). This sets off Hatsumomo's jealously, and her rage and hatred towards Sayuri was astonishingly depicted. Her coldness combined with her overwhelming beauty made Hatsumomo a stunning villainess.Michelle Yeoh gave a great performance as Mameha, who is a motherly figure to Sayuri and takes her under her wing to make her become a great geisha. All the geisha dances were wonderfully staged; I just wished that Sayuri was given more scenes to show her dance styles and geisha performances.To top if off, the unfolding drama throughout the plot, terrific direction by Rob Marshall and John William's spellbinding music score made this movie an intriguing masterpiece.Grade A-

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