Movie
Memoirs of a Geisha
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-12-06
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Zhang Ziyi as Sayuri
- Gong Li as Hatsumomo
- Michelle Yeoh as Mameha
- Ken Watanabe as Le président
- Suzuka Ohgo as Chiyo
- Kaori Momoi as La mère
- Koji Yakusho as Nobu
- Youki Kudoh as Pumpkin
- Togo Igawa as Tanaka
- Mako as Sakamoto
- Samantha Futerman as Satsu
- Elizabeth Sung as Sakamoto's Wife
Crew
- Rob Marshall - Director
- Robin Swicord - Screenplay
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