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Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. [2] [3] It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta."
Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎 峰子/岩崎 究香, Iwasaki Mineko, born Masako Tanaka (田中 政子), 2 November 1949) is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29.
Tales of a Golden Geisha (あげまん, Ageman), also known as A-Ge-Man, is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed and written by Juzo Itami. [1] It stars Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings good luck to her intimate companions (known as an "ageman", from 上げる ageru 'to raise up') and Masahiko Tsugawa as a man who crosses paths with her by chance.
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective , tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and working as a geisha in Kyoto , Japan , before, during and after World War II .
A Geisha received the 1954 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor (Eitarō Shindō) and for Best Supporting Actress (Chieko Naniwa). [3]The film is regarded as one of Mizoguchi's major works by critics and historians, described as "elegantly made […] and poignant in the extreme" (Geoff Andrew, Time Out), [4] "incredibly beautiful" and "compassionate but completely unsentimental ...
My Geisha is a 1962 American comedy-drama film [2] directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, and Bob Cummings and released by Paramount Pictures. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Written by Norman Krasna , based on Krasna's story of the same name, the film was produced and copyrighted in 1961 by MacLaine's then-husband ...
Perfect Blue (Japanese: パーフェクトブルー, Hepburn: Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film [5] [6] directed by Satoshi Kon. [7] It is loosely based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (パーフェクトブルー：完全変態, Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai) by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay by Sadayuki Murai.
The first documentary, the short Geisha no teodori (芸者の手踊り), was made in June 1899. Tsunekichi Shibata made a number of early films, including Momijigari, an 1899 record of two famous actors performing a scene from a well-known kabuki play. Early films were influenced by traditional theater – for example, kabuki and bunraku.