ziyi zhang played sayuri in memoirs of a geisha.
ziyi zhang played sayuri in memoirs of a geisha.
who played sayuri in memoirs of a geisha?
ziyi zhang
memoirs of a geisha is a 2005 american epic drama film based on the novel of the same name by arthur golden, produced by steven spielberg's amblin entertainment and spyglass entertainment and by douglas wick's red wagon productions. directed by rob marshall, the film was released in the united states on december 9, 2005 by columbia pictures and dreamworks pictures; the latter was given studio credit only. it stars ziyi zhang, ken watanabe, gong li, michelle yeoh, youki kudoh, suzuka ohgo and samantha futerman. production took place in southern and northern california and in several locations in kyoto, including the kiyomizu temple and the fushimi inari shrine. the film tells the story of a young japanese girl, chiyo sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house called an okiya. chiyo is eventually transformed into a geisha and renamed "sayuri", and becomes one of the most celebrated geisha of her time. but with this success, sayuri also learns the secrets and sacrifices of the geisha lifestyle.
memoirs of a geisha (film)
upon sayuri's promotion to full geisha status, nobu expresses an interest in becoming sayuri's "danna", but loses out to general tottori. with japan on the brink of entering world war ii, many geisha are conscripted to work in factories. the general is demoted and is unable to use any influence to help sayuri. despite losing respect for sayuri, nobu is able to send sayuri far north to live with his old friend, arashino (嵐野), a kimono maker. at the end of the war, nobu visits sayuri and asks that she return to gion to help entertain the new deputy minister sato (佐藤次官), whose aid can be instrumental in rebuilding iwamura electric. sayuri returns to gion and the okiya is reopened, albeit without pumpkin as mother has deemed her a poor investment. sayuri approaches pumpkin in her new okiya to ask for her help in entertaining the minister, hoping to rekindle their friendship
memoirs of a geisha