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Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta."
- $162.2 million
- John Williams
- $85 million
Dec 23, 2005 · Memoirs of a Geisha: Directed by Rob Marshall. With Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman. The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
- (157K)
- Drama, Romance
- Rob Marshall
- 2005-12-23
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997.The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and working as a geisha in Kyoto, Japan, before, during and after World War II.
- 448 pp
- Arthur Golden
- September 27, 1997
- Alfred A. Knopf
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Jan 1, 2001 · August 1, 2021. (Book 93 From 1001 Books) - Memoirs of A Geisha, Arthur Golden. Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of a fictional geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II.
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- Mass Market Paperback
Jan 30, 2020. Rated: 2.5/4 • Jun 5, 2019. In the 1920s, 9-year-old Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) gets sold to a geisha house. There, she is forced into servitude, receiving nothing in return until the ...
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- Rob Marshall
- PG-13
- Zhang Ziyi
Chiyo, age 9, lives in Yoroido, an impoverished fishing village on Japan's coast. When worse comes to worst for her family, she is sent to the Nitta Okiya while her older sister Satsu is transferred elsewhere. An Okiya is a house (sort of a compound) where a geisha lives. At the Nitta Okiya Chiyo meets another girl about her age nicknamed Pumpkin.
Jan 10, 1999 · Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel. Paperback – January 10, 1999. A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly ...
