Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 film adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment and by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. It was directed by Rob Marshall. It was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks. It stars Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, and Suzuka Ohgo. Ohgo plays the younger Sayuri in the movie, which was filmed in southern and northern California and in several locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu temple and the Fushimi Inari shrine.
The film was nominated and won numerous awards, including nominations for six Academy Awards, and eventually won three: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.
Memoirs of a Geisha revolves around a young girl, named Chiyo, who is sold into the life of a geisha and her struggle as a geisha to find love.
The Japanese release of the film was titled "Sayuri", based on the main character who was renamed as Sayuri in the movie.
Liked the film, but didn't like the choice of Zhang Ziyi- her face is too recognisable and associated with martial arts films, and the hairstyles were wildly unrealistic. The scenery and atmosphere were great though loved the old Gion and beautiful settings.
回复删除One problem I had with the book which it derived from was that Athur Golden quite clearly took a lot of his ideas from Iwasaki Mineko's memoirs, and he interviewed her while researching the book. She asked not to be identified and when he named her as a source of information she received death threats. In the end she sued him. The world of the geisha guards its secrets carefully and in a way that the mysteriousness is slowly being unravelled by the increase of Western interest.