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jazzybean01
Downieville, CA

It's not about selling skin but about selling talent

5 star rating

Pros

    Oscar winning (3), great storyline, gorgeous artistry, captivating

Cons
    not for small kids

MAR
18
2008

Memoirs Of A Geisha — 

Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo, Ken Watanabe and Li Gong play in this amazing movie about a young girl brought up in a geisha house.

  The movie starts in a small village by the ocean where a small girl, Chiyo, and her sister are sold to a man for a better life.  They are then sent to different houses in the city.  Chiyo goes to a geisha house and does chores.  Soon she is off to geisha school.  When she becomes an apprentice her name is changed to Sayuri (which then changes to Nitta Sayuri when she become a full geisha).  Under the tutoring of the towns most popular geisha Mameha, Sayuri learns how to be the best geisha.
  Soon World War II arrives to their small town and everything changes.  Sayuri and Mameha are split up and everyone lives apart for years.  Then after World War II Sayuri has to learn to live in a world where anyone with a little makeup can call themselves a geisha (a word meaning artist). 

  I don't want to spoil anything so that's where I'm ending it.  Let's just say it's a very good movie and really earned the 3 Oscars it won.  The filming is beautiful as well as the choreography.  You will love this movie.  This film also has an outstanding soundtrack.



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LoveisJoy wrote on Mar 27, 2008 at 3:31PM

The novel was excellent as well. I really enjoyed the movie--the cinematography was outstanding!

BayouBengal wrote on Mar 26, 2008 at 3:22PM

This was a good movie and I'll ditto your recommendation!

GeorgeChabot wrote on Mar 19, 2008 at 3:31PM

Good job! I would like to see this. :>

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