rather then long dance sequence and close ups of the character which make the film drag on the movie would have be good serve explain the story and motivation of the character . the marginalisation of nubo and the minister and auntie and mother and the dumbing down of the dynamic and important rivalry between hatsumo and mameha and hatsumo and sayuri make the movie lack any real depth . if you hadn not read the book you would not really understand why sayuri love the chairman and why mameha become her mentor at all . visually the film be stun and the actor all do the best with the c rate script they be give and but that be all that be good about this movie .