Memoirs of a Geisha

Dec 6, 2005

2h 26m

★ 7.6

A story like mine has never been told.

Overview

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Genres

Drama

Romance

History

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

DreamWorks Pictures

Spyglass Entertainment

Amblin Entertainment

Red Wagon Entertainment

Memoirs of a Geisha Trailers

Cast

Sayuri

Zhang Ziyi

Hatsumomo

Gong Li

Mameha

Michelle Yeoh

Le président

Ken Watanabe

Chiyo

Suzuka Ohgo

La mère

Kaori Momoi

Nobu

Koji Yakusho

Pumpkin

Youki Kudoh

Tanaka

Togo Igawa

Sakamoto

Mako

Satsu

Samantha Futerman

Sakamoto's Wife

Elizabeth Sung

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