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Arthur Golden’s 1997 novel “Memoirs of a Geisha” is an addictive read: an involving, almost Dickensian tale of a young woman’s rise from poverty in a fishing village to fame as a Kyoto geisha in the ...

In both the book “Memoirs of a Geisha” and its film adaptation, women fall into two categories: sexy geisha and conniving dragon ladies, two stereotypes about Asian women that linger today. Already ...

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I suspect that the more you know about Japan and movies, the less you will enjoy "Memoirs of a Geisha." Much of what I know about Japan I have learned from Japanese movies, and on that basis I know ...

“You will embarrass yourself in style,” is how the fortune cookie message for the movie version of Arthur Golden’s book “Memoirs of a Geisha” could have ...

Falling snow and my cat, Mango, were the perfect companions as I dove into my latest book. With my recent obsession of international literature, particularly that from China and Japan, it was an easy ...

The characters may be Japanese, the trappings may be Eastern, the stars may be (mostly) Chinese, but Memoirs of a Geisha is an American movie — adapted from an American book by an American director, ...

This movie was challenging all the way through,” co-producer Wick recalls about “Memoirs of a Geisha.” “It was a challenging movie to get all of the financing in place because there were no American ...

In the years before World War II, a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a maid in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms ...