“Memoirs of a Geisha” is an enchanting, yet somewhat disturbing, story of a 9-year-old girl, Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), who develops into a highly desirable geisha.The story begins with stormy emotion, as ...
The characters may be Japanese, the trappings may be Eastern, the stars may be (mostly) Chinese, but Memoirs of a Geisha is an American movie — adapted from an American book by an American director, ...
Arthur Golden’s 1997 novel “Memoirs of a Geisha” is an addictive read: an involving, almost Dickensian tale of a young woman’s rise from poverty in a fishing village to fame as a Kyoto geisha in the ...
"Memoirs of a Geisha" is eagerly awaited in China, but perhaps for all the wrong reasons. This epic love story, directed by Oscar nominee Rob Marshall ("Chicago") and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, ...
“You will embarrass yourself in style,” is how the fortune cookie message for the movie version of Arthur Golden’s book “Memoirs of a Geisha” could have ...
No offense to director Rob Marshall, who made such a fine meal of “Chicago.” But throughout his big-screen version of Arthur Golden’s best-selling “Memoirs of a Geisha,” a question nags: What if ...
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The daughter of an impoverished fisherman, the young Sayuri (Suzuka Ohgo) is sold to a geisha house at the age of nine, destined to pursue the life of a "moving work of art". Picking up the story a ...