Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

12/06/2005 (US) • 2h 26m

Drama, Romance, History

A story like mine has never been told.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$85,000,000.00

Revenue

$162,242,962.00

Keywords

secret love

japan

prostitute

sibling relationship

geisha

brothel

mentor

world war ii

loss of virginity

period drama

biting

kimono

sumo

kyoto, japan

1920s

1940s

1930s

desperate

loving

student mentor relationship

loss of sister

loss of parents

admiring

appreciative

authoritarian

disrespectful

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