Memoirs of a Geisha is a movie directed by Rob Marshall in 2005 and based on the book of the same name by Arthur Golden, first published in 1997. The movie features Zhang Ziyi, Suzuka Ohgo, Gong Li, Samantha Futerman, Mako, Elizabeth Sung, and others.
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Storyline
In 1929, Chiyo Sakamoto, a young girl living in a poor fishing village by the sea, is sold to a geisha house by her father alongside her sister, Satsu, so that they might send money back home. Chiyo is taken in by Kayoko Nitta, the Mother (proprietress) of a geisha house in Miyaki in Kyoto, whereas Satsu, deemed too unattractive, is sent to a brothel instead.
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
145
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Memoirs of a Geisha
Director: Rob Marshall
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Length: 2h25m
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Year
1997
Pages
503
Book Rate
8.24
S: Goodreads
Book
Memoirs of a Geisha
Author: Arthur Golden
Country: USA
First published in: 1997
Length: 503 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“Awful film adaptations follow novelists for the rest of their lives.”
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