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It's hard to find fault with the fascinating story, which traces a young girl's determination to free herself from the imprisonment of scullery maid to geisha, then from the imprisonment of geisha to a woman allowed to love. Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), a young girl with curious blue eyes, is sold to a geisha house and doomed to pay off her debt as a cleaning girl until a stranger named The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) shows her kindness. She is inspired to work hard and become a geisha in order to be near the Chairman, with whom she has fallen in love. An experienced geisha (Michelle Yeoh) chooses to adopt her as an apprentice and to use as a pawn against her rival, the wicked, legendary Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Chiyo (played as an older woman by Ziyi Zhang), now renamed Sayuri, becomes the talk of the town, but as her path crosses again and again with the Chairman's, she finds the closer she gets to him the further away he seems. Her newfound "freedom" turns out to be trapping, as men are allowed to bid on everything from her time to her virginity.
Some controversy swirled around casting Chinese actresses in the three main Japanese roles, but Zhang, Yeoh and Gong in particular ably prove they're the best for the part. It's admirable that all the actors attempted to speak Japanese-accented English, but some of the dialogue will still prove difficult to understand; perhaps it contributes to some of the emotion feeling stilted. Geisha has all the ingredients of a sweeping, heartbreaking epic and follows the recipe to a T, but in the end it's all dressed up with no place to go.--Ellen A. Kim
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Rob Marshall |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 23 December, 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D11159D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 043396111592 |
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Customer Reviews of Memoirs of a Geisha (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Beautiful Images I watched the movie and also the bonus footage. The amount of work that went into building sets for this film is just amazing. I thought the images were simply gorgeous and I really loved it. Unfortunately, it just didn't compare to the book which really takes things to another level. Still an excellent movie that I would recommend.
haunting and beautiful
This movie was not one I think I'll watch again and again...but definitely worth seeing, especially on DVD and in the widescreen format. Ziyi Zhang's acting was emotionally deep and thoroughly involving. A unique, if not heartrending and yet somehow triumphant story.
Great Movie
After seeing this movie the first time, I had to read the book. I had a hard time putting it down. I saw the movie again and enjoyed it even more. It was a little difficult understanding their English at times; especially Mother. Please see it as it is a great movie.