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In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter r...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Memoirs of a geisha (Motion picture).
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), Spyglass Entertainment (Firm), Amblin Entertainment (Firm), Red Wagon Entertainment (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Marshall, Rob, Swicord, Robin, Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-, Watanabe, Ken, 1959-, Yeoh, Michelle, 1963-, Yakusho, Kōji, Kudoh, Youki, 1971-, Momoi, Kaori, 1952-, Tsai Chin, 1936-, Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki, Ohgo, Suzuka, Gong, Li, 1965-, Kim, Randall Duk, Mako, 1933-2006, Tsang, Kenneth, 1938-, Ikeda, Thomas, Weizenbaum, Zoe, 1991-, Williams, John, 1932-, Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-, Perlman, Itzhak, 1945-, Golden, Arthur, 1957-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. Sound tracks: English and French, with optional subtitles in English and French.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]
Edition:2-disc widescreen special ed.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Geishas > Japan > Kyoto > Drama.
Social skills > Study and teaching > Japan > Kyoto > Drama.
Women > Conduct of life > Drama.
Romance > Feature > Videodisc.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
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Summary:In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Based on the book by Arthur Golden.
Aspect ratio 2.40:1 (anamorphic widescreen).
Mastered in high definition.
Special features: disc 1. Commentary with Rob Marshall and John DeLuca ; Commentary with Colleen Atwood (costumes), John Myhre (production designer), Pietro Scalia (editor) ; Previews -- disc 2. Featurettes. Sayuri's journey : from novel to the screen, The road to Japan, Geisha bootcamp, Building the hanamachi, The look of a geisha, The music of Memoirs, A geisha's dance, The world of the geisha, The way of the sumo, Director Rob Marshall's story, A day with chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Chef Nobu's recipes the film ; Photo galleries. Behind-the-scenes, Costume illustrations.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, 5.1.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13. Special features not rated.
Awards:Academy Award, 2005: Best Art Direction (Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music by John Williams ; cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma ; violin solos by Itzhak Perlman.
ISBN:1404983082