“Memoirs of a Geisha” is an enchanting, yet somewhat disturbing, story of a 9-year-old girl, Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), who develops into a highly desirable geisha.The story begins with stormy emotion, as ...

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, ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Memoirs of a Geisha: Drama. Starring Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe and Michelle Yeoh. Directed by Rob Marshall. (PG-13. 137 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Memoirs of a Geisha," based on Arthur Golden's ...

Ah, the Christmas movie season. What better time for Hollywood to serve up a big prestige picture designed to open our eyes to the quaint cultures of other lands? This year: All aboard the Orient ...

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The daughter of an impoverished fisherman, the young Sayuri (Suzuka Ohgo) is sold to a geisha house at the age of nine, destined to pursue the life of a "moving work of art". Picking up the story a ...

The mysterious world opened up to readers by Arthur Golden's international best-seller has been moved to the bigscreen with beauty and tact in "Memoirs of a Geisha." The combo of the subject's ...