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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."
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 .
Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 drama film directed by Rob Marshall and written by Robin Swicord. [1] The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden, which follows the fictional story of Chiyo Sakamoto (Suzuka Ohgo and Zhang Ziyi), who, as a young girl, leaves behind her fishing village and becomes Sayuri Nitta, a celebrated geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and ...
For this role, she received the Angel Award for Best Actress at the Monaco International Film Festival in 2005. [1] She has also had roles in 12 and Holding, directed by Michael Cuesta and in Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Rob Marshall.
Karl Yune (born April 16, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Maseo Yamashiro in the DC Comics TV franchise Arrow, as Tak Mashido in the sci-fi film Real Steel, and as Koichi in the film Memoirs of a Geisha.
After making his film debut in the film, The Grifters (1990), Adelstein went on to appear in several television series, including Cupid, ER, Without a Trace, and Scrubs, and to play a number of significant supporting roles in films such as Bedazzled (2000), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), and Be Cool (2005).
The cast also includes Lena Pepe, Chase Vacnin, Ben Heineman, Evan Guerrera, Julia Tulchin, and Jonathan Auguste. Kepple is best known for her portrayal of Moon in “Cobra Kai.” Monday, Nov. 4
In 2005, Yeoh starred as Mameha in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, and she continued her English-language work in 2007 with Sunshine. In 2008, Yeoh starred in the fantasy action film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li. [40] In 2011, she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's The Lady. [41]