Memoirs of a Geisha
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- Synopsis
- This film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of nine, is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto in the early 1930s....
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- Starring
- Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh
- Director(s)
- Rob Marshall
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 144 min.
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From a filmmaking point of view, this is a work that the old Hollywood moguls themselves would have been proud to present.Read the full review
Here is a film about Japan made by Americans, shot mostly in the U.S. and, of course, in English. Once you accept these compromises in the name of international filmmaking, none is a real deterrent to enjoying this lush period film.Read the full review
Any doubts about three Chinese actresses speaking English with Japanese accents vanish in the face of their deeply felt performances and the world Marshall conjures with magical finesse.Read the full review
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