Memoirs of a geisha

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Label

Memoirs of a geisha

Statement of responsibility

Red Wagon ; Columbia Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present an Amblin Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment production ; directed by Rob Marshall ; produced by Lucy Fisher & Douglas Wick, Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Robin Swicord

Creator

• Memoirs of a geisha (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-
• Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
• Columbia Pictures
• Dreamworks Pictures
• Red Wagon Entertainment (Firm)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Spyglass Entertainment (Firm)
• Beebe, Dion
• Fisher, Lucy
• trueGolden, Arthur, 1957-
• Gong, Li, 1965-
• Kudoh, Youki, 1971-
• Marshall, Rob
• Momoi, Kaori
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Swicord, Robin
• Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
• Wick, Douglas
• Williams, John, 1932-
• Yakusho, Kōji
• Yeoh, Michelle, 1963-

Actor

• Yakusho, Kōji
• Gong, Li, 1965-
• Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
• Momoi, Kaori
• Kudoh, Youki, 1971-
• Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-
• Yeoh, Michelle, 1963-

Composer

• Williams, John, 1932-

Director

• Marshall, Rob

Director of photography

• Beebe, Dion

Producer

• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Wick, Douglas
• Fisher, Lucy

Screenwriter

• Swicord, Robin

Subject

• Melodrama
• Cruelty -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Geishas
• Geishas -- Japan | Kyoto -- Drama
• Japan -- Kyoto
• Jealousy -- Japan | Kyoto -- Drama
• Jealousy
• Melodramas (Drama)
• Mentoring
• Manners and customs
• Mentoring -- Japan | Kyoto -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Kyoto (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Kyoto (Japan) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Cruelty

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Melodramas (Drama)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• trueDrama

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic graces and social skills a geisha must master. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. With the onslaught of World War II, Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed

Awards note

• Academy Awards, USA, 2006: Oscar - Best Achievement in Art Direction (John Myhre, Gretchen Rau) ; Best Achievement in Cinematography (Dion Beebe) ; Best Achievement in Costume Design (Colleen Atwood).
• Golden Globes, USA, 2006: Best Original Score - Motion Pictures (John Williams.)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, John Williams ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, John Myhre

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature subject matter and some sexual content

Language note

English or French dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.M45

LC item number

M466577 2007

PerformerNote

Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh, Kaori Momoi, Gong Li

Runtime

145

Target audience

general

Technique

live action