In the years before World War II, a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a maid in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man who is out of her reach.
Production Columbia Pictures Corporation; DreamWorks SKG; Spyglass Entertainment; Amblin Entertainment; Red Wagon Productions (as Red Wagon Entertainment);
Cast Names Jennie Baek; Yuki Bird; Rio Ahn; Maggie Hai-Uyen; Michael Chen; Halla; James Huang; Eiji Inoue; Masa Kanome; Aurelie Kyinn; Branden Weslee Kong; Stacey Lee; Teddy Lau; Julia Ling; Jon Liggett; Tohoru Masamune; Danton Mew; Ryan Moriarty; Ricky Pak; Tam Nguyen; Austin Michael Scott; Aaron Takahashi; Sophie Oda; Ray Tom; Jia Perlich; Steffinnie Phrommany; Henry T. Yamada; Catherine Kim Poon; Joseph Steven Yang; Cathy Shim;
Box Office USD 57,010,853
Release Date 2005-12-09 (limited) 2005-12-23
Genres Drama; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for mature subject matter and some sexual content.
Running Time 2 hr. 20 min. 2 hr. 25 min.
Director Rob Marshall
Memoirs of a Geisha Reviews
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One of my favorite movies of all times though I was a bit disappointed about the things they had to cut out of movie that were in the book, yet you can only fit so much on screen.