secret love,japan,prostitute,sibling relationship,geisha,brothel,mentor,world war ii,loss of virginity,period drama,biting,kimono,sumo,kyoto, japan,1920s,1940s,1930s,desperate,loving,student mentor relationship,loss of sister,loss of parents,admiring,appreciative,authoritarian,disrespectful

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Poster for Memoirs of a Geisha

A story like mine has never been told.

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Cast & Crew

Director
Rob Marshall
  • Profile picture of Zhang Ziyi
    Sayuri Zhang Ziyi
  • Profile picture of Gong Li
    Hatsumomo Gong Li
  • Profile picture of Michelle Yeoh
    Mameha Michelle Yeoh
  • Profile picture of Ken Watanabe
    Chairman Ken Watanabe
  • Profile picture of Suzuka Ohgo
    Chiyo Suzuka Ohgo
  • Profile picture of Kaori Momoi
    Mother Kaori Momoi
  • Profile picture of Koji Yakusho
    Nobu Koji Yakusho
  • Profile picture of Youki Kudoh
    Pumpkin Youki Kudoh

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Keywords

  • secret love
  • japan
  • prostitute
  • sibling relationship
  • geisha
  • brothel
  • mentor
  • world war ii
  • loss of virginity
  • period drama
  • biting
  • kimono
  • sumo
  • kyoto, japan
  • 1920s
  • 1940s
  • 1930s
  • desperate
  • loving
  • student mentor relationship
  • loss of sister
  • loss of parents
  • admiring
  • appreciative
  • authoritarian
  • disrespectful