i love memoir of a geisha so i read the book twice while it be one of the best book i have read last year . i be look forward to the movie and be afraid that read the book would ruin the viewing pleasure of the movie . i wasn not expect the movie to be that bad . some of the best part of the book be omit from the movie and the character be weak with hatsumomo ( li gong ) be the bad . if i haven not read the book and this movie would be a little confusing and inexplicable . the plot outline of the movie state nitta sayuri reveals how she transcend her fishing . do anyone see how or when sayuri become nitta sayuri . forget the movie and read the book .