Movie #: Title:   Year: 2005         IMDB mediatype
Genre: Director:     IMDB   Rating:  PG-13  Box Set? box set?

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1310 Memoirs Of A Geisha.mp41451699
Actors & their characters
Ken WatanabeFilter 
Ziyi ZhangFilter 
Suzuka OhgoFilter 

Synopsis

In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.  

More Info

USA Box Office: $57 Million Worldwide Box Office: $149 Million Budget Estimate: $85 Million Filming Locations: American River, Sacramento, California, USA| Belasco Theatre - 1060 S. Hill St., Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA| Descanso Gardens - 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada-Flintridge, California, USA| El Dorado County, California, USA| Fushimi Inari Taisha, Fushimi District, Kyoto, Japan| Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, California, USA| Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens - 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California, USA| Japanese tea garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA| Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan| Kyoto, Japan| Los Angeles, California, USA| Moss Beach, California, USA| Muir Beach, California, USA| Presidio, San Francisco, California, USA| Sacramento, California, USA| Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA| Thousand Oaks, California, USA| Ventura Farms, Thousand Oaks, California, USA| Yamashiro Restaurant - 1999 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA| Yoshimine-dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan


Cast overview, first billed only:
Ziyi Zhang .... Chiyo/Sayuri
Suzuka Ohgo .... Young Chiyo
Ken Watanabe .... The Chairman
Kôji Yakusho .... Nobu
Youki Kudoh .... Pumpkin
Li Gong .... Hatsumomo
Kaori Momoi .... Mother
Tsai Chin .... Auntie
Zoe Weizenbaum .... Young Pumpkin
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa .... The Baron
Kenneth Tsang .... The General
Randall Duk Kim .... Dr. Crab
Ted Levine .... Colonel Derricks
Paul Adelstein .... Lieutenant Hutchins
Samantha Futerman .... Satsu