Storyline : In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion distr...
Storyline : In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village
is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to
cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her
stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she
is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival,
Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named
Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must
master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she
enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. {full_page}
Stars: Zhang Ziyi , Suzuka Ohgo , Shizuko Hoshi , Gong Li , Samantha Futerman , Kaori Momoi , Ken Watanabe , Kōji Yakusho , Michelle Yeoh , Youki Kudoh , Zoe Weizenbaum , Tsai Chin , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Cathy Shim , Kenneth Tsang , Eugenia Yuan , Karl Yune
