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Netflix Netflix. Memoirs of a Geisha 12 2h 25m Romantic Movies. Watch all you want. Adapted from Arthur Golden's novel, this visually stunning period drama won Oscars for cinematography and more. More Details. Watch offline. Available to download.

In the s, 9-year-old Chiyo gets sold to a geisha house. There, she is forced into servitude, receiving nothing in return until the house's ruling hierarchy determines if she is of high enough quality to service the clientele -- men who visit and pay for conversation, dance and song.

After rigorous years of training, Chiyo becomes Sayuri, a geisha of incredible beauty and influence. My world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries, it cannot survive.

Rated PG for mature subject matter and some sexual content. Did you know Edit. Goofs When Hatsumomo and Pumpkin are leaving on the night of Pumpkin's debut, neither Mother nor Auntie spark flint on their backs. A Geisha would never leave her okiya without this act being performed as it was believed it brought good luck. Quotes Sayuri Narration : The heart dies a slow death. Crazy credits No studio logos are shown at the beginning.

They however appear shortened after the end credits and are accompanied by the film's score. User reviews Review. Top review. A worthy big screen experience. Going into the film, I had worries with all the slamming critics have given, even though I didn't read all of them in details. However, I'm happy to say it turns out to be one of more satisfying movie experiences of the year. First I echo the sentiment that the film is simply technically perfect. The retro-mood it created had me immensed in the world of geisha from beginning to the end.

It's very Shanghai like. The music score isn't as haunting as the one in CTHD, but it is still masterfully composed and fits in the background very well. It's worth seeing for the big screen experience alone. The story also never dragged, as each of the three parts flowed nicely.

I normally don't like voice-over, but here it really held the movie together and helped to move the story along. As for the accents, the problem has definitely been exaggerated. I was expecting a lot of unpleasant broken English to be spoken, but they all sounded fine to good, not just from the most fluent Michelle Yeoh, but Ken Watanabe, Youki Kudoh who plays Pumpkin and other supporting casts. Gong Li had a few awkward lines at the beginning, and Ziyi had more and is the one who had to try the hardest, but both pulled off admirably and didn't hurt their performances in the process.

Talking about performances, I think almost all of them did well. It's much more of an ensemble piece, and I was especially impressed by the young Sayuri and Ken Watanabe. The main problem I have is with character development. It is a Cinderella story at heart, but the good and evil are too clear-cut and lack dimension. I also want to see more ups and downs for the competition between Ziyi and Gong Li.

Gong did all she could, but the script didn't allow her to be a worthy opponent. Except for some verbal back-and-forth between the two and a few dirty tricks from Gong, there was no reason to believe why she was the most famous geisha in Japan before Ziyi arrived.

Memoirs of a Geisha is an novel by Arthur Golden — later adapted into a film — about the life of a famous geisha , Sayuri formerly Chiyo , who was sold to a geisha house by her father at a young age to be trained in the profession. One day, she meets a man who becomes her main motivation to pursue a career as a geisha, although she soon starts to realize that he is unobtainable.

Meanwhile, Sayuri becomes a pawn in an intrigue between two of the most successful geisha in the district. The plot is set in Kyoto , mainly in the decades around the Second World War. As noted in the 'translator's note' prologue, geisha are expected to be discreet, regarding what they know and who they know it about, and about their own trade in general.

One of Golden's primary sources, former Geisha Mineko Iwasaki, specifically asked to be kept anonymous, and Golden went and thanked her in the author's note anyway. She herself netted criticism and even death threats for opening up in such a way, and eventually ended up publishing her actual memoirs, Geisha of Gion.