Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 9, 2005 (LA/NY) December 23, 2005
On DVD:	February 28, 2006
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Rob Marshall
Writer:	Ron Bass, Akiva Goldsman, Robin Swicord
Cast:	Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Koji Yakusho, Karl Yune, Ted Levine
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Official site:	sonypictures.com/movies/memoirsofageisha
Running Time:	145 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for mature subject matter and some sexual content

Based on the international best-seller by Arthur Golden, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is an epic story of love and betrayal set against the broad and rapidly changing social canvas of 20th century Japan. Nine-year old Chiyo, a poor fisherman's daughter, is taken from her family and sold to a geisha house. From her start as a common household maid, she blossoms into one of Kyoto's most renowned geishas, surviving the envy and treachery of the...

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