Memoirs of a Geisha
Director: Rob Marshall
IMDB Rating: 7.00 out of 10 (19841 votes)
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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Actors: Ohgo Suzuka (Chiyo), Igawa Togo (Tanaka), Mako (Sakamoto), Futerman Samantha (Satsu), Sung Elizabeth (Sakamoto’s Wife), Ikeda Thomas (Mr. Bekku), Gong Li (Hatsumomo), Chin Tsai (Auntie), Momoi Kaori (Mother), Weizenbaum Zoe (Young Pumpkin), Okihiro David (Shamisen Teacher), Tachibana Miyako (Dance Teacher), Kawamura Kotoko (Granny), Yune Karl (Koichi), Yuan Eugenia (Korin),
