Memoirs of a Geisha

Release: December 09, 2005

The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Winner of 3 '06 Oscars. starring Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh, Kaori Momoi, and Gong Li. Rob Marshall directs from the screenplay by Robin Swicord; Based on the 1997 Knopf book by Arthur Golden. Produced by Douglas Wick & Lucy Fisher and Steven Spielberg • Executive Producers: Roger Brinbaum, Gary Barber, Patricia Whitcher and Bobby Cohen. Music by John Williams • Soundtrack on Sony Classical. an Amblin Entertainment/Red Wagon Entertainment [Douglas Wick & Lucy Fisher] production for Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment. a Rob Marshall film. Filmed around the outskirts of western California from September 29, 2004 - January 31, 2005. Japan: 12/10/05 • U.S. - Expansion: 12/23/05 Approved [No. 41007]/rated PG-13 for its mature subject matter; and some sexual content.

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Mameha: "Water is powerful - It can wash away earth; put out fire; and even destroy iron."

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Chairman: "You have to savor life while you can."

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Chairman: "Kindness we receive in our lives is not always enough."

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Sayuri: "[narration] it is not for Geisha to want; it is not for a Geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances; She sings; She entertains you⋯ What ever you want⋯ the rest is shadows; the rest is secret."

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Sayuri: "[narration] You cannot say to the sun, 'More sun'; or to the rain, 'Less rain'. To a man: geisha can only be half a wife. We are the wives of nightfall. And yet, to learn kindness after so much unkindness, to understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew, would find her prayers were answered, can that not be called happiness? After all these are not the memoirs of an empress; nor of a queen. These are memoirs of another kind."

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Sayuri: "[narration] at the temple, there is a poem called 'Loss' carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. you cannot read 'Loss'; only feel it."

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Sayuri : "[narration] The heart dies a slow death. Shedding each hope like leaves; ⋯until one day there are none. No hopes; Nothing remains."

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