Memoirs of a Geisha

(2005)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 171,577 votes

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Year: 2005

Runtime: 145 min

Country: United States of America, Japan

Director: Роб Маршалл

Cast: Чжан Цзыи, Гун Ли, Мишель Йео, Кэн Ватанабэ, 大後寿々花

Plot

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.

In the 1920s, 9-year-old Chiyo Sakamoto is sold to a geisha house where she is forced into servitude, receiving nothing in return until the house's ruling hierarchy determines whether 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 and with World War II imminent, Chiyo becomes Sayuri Nitta, a geisha of incredible beauty and influence.