Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Name: Memoirs of a Geisha
Released: 2005
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Suzuka Ohgo

• Movies, Drama, History, Romance

• 146 min

7.6

A story like mine has never been told.

Directed by: Rob Marshall
Casting: Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Suzuka Ohgo, Kaori Momoi, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Tsai Chin, Zoe Weizenbaum, David Okihiro, Miyako Tachibana, Kotoko Kawamura, Karl Yune, Eugenia Yuan, Yōko Narahashi, Kenneth Tsang, Navia Nguyen, Natsuo Tomita, Fumi Akutagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Koji Toyoda, Rick Mali, Steve Terada, Laura Miro, Diane Mizota, Yasusuke Uike, Shûhei Mainoumi, Daisuke Dewaarashi, Ren Urano, Ace Yonamine, Anthony Begonia, Albert 'Sumo' Lee, Dino Rivera, Randall Duk Kim, Takayo Fischer, Asako Takasue, Clarissa Park, Nobu Matsuhisa, James Taku Leung, Chad Cleven, Richard J. Bell, Cameron Duncan, Faith Shin, Brannon Bates, Ted Levine, Paul Adelstein, Shizuko Hoshi, Michelle Aguilar Camaya, Janelle Dote, Kim Hazel, Ashia Meyers, Hikari, Shiho Miyazawa, Minae Noji, Mami Saito, Shannon Abero, Kiyoko Ando, Miki Fujitani, Chieko Hidaka, Wendy Lam, Kanako Miyamoto, Brooke Miyasaki, Nao Nojima, Shelly Oto, Nikki Tuazon, Addie Yungmee, Cassidy Adams, Lena Ahn, Allison Chan, Deziree Del Rosario, Emilie Endow, Rosie Endow, Hannah Hwang, Emma Fusako Ishii, Amy Saki Kawakami, Stefani Lee, Teanna Lee, Melissa Morinishi, Michelle Obi, Kasey Okazaki, Jacqueline Osaki, Ayaka Oyama, Jade Refuerzo, La Na Shi, Stacy Suzuki, Miwa Tachibana, Jordan Tambara, Shaye Uyematsu, Etsuo Hongo, Tateo Takahashi, Masakazu Yoshizawa, Kazumi Aihara, Jennie Baek, Yuki Bird, Michael Chen, Allen Dam, Maggie Hai-Uyen, James Huang, Masa Kanome, Branden Weslee Kong, Aurelie Kyinn, Ruffy Landayan, Teddy Lau, Stacey Lee, Jon Liggett, Julia Ling, Jia Mae, Tohoru Masamune, Danton Mew, Doug Ming, Ryan Moriarty, Skye Nakamura, Sophie Oda, Ricky Pak, Steffinnie Phrommany, Catherine Kim Poon, Osamu Saito, Jasper Salon, Austin Michael Scott, Cathy Shim, Steve Sornbutnark, Clara Soyoung, Aaron Takahashi, Ray Tom, Henry T. Yamada, Joseph Steven Yang, Sam Arnold
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2005-12-06
Status: Released

Tags: secret love, japan, prostitute, sibling relationship, geisha, brothel, mentor, world war ii, loss of virginity, period drama, biting, kimono, sumo, kyoto, japan, 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, desperate, loving, student mentor relationship, loss of sister, loss of parents, admiring, appreciative, authoritarian, disrespectful

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.