“Memoirs of a Geisha ... viewer in the culture of the geisha in pre-World War II Japan, just as Golden did. But compressing the story into a 145-minute film reveals some things I never ...

Based on the best selling novel of the same name, Memoirs of a Geisha explores ... Japanese based film released in the U.S., leads a cast of furiously strong female actors. They say hell hath ...

Behind the seams of ''Memoirs of a Geisha ... which is not something they did in Japan then. It’s a very made-up costume — a real geisha would never wear anything that flashy.

Tokyo — PERHAPS the Japanese just finally decided they ... “Memoirs of a Geisha” was a memorable disappointment in Japan. A Japanese riposte comes with “Sakuran,” the first film from ...

I suppose anyone who already loves these three actresses should be glad they found roles in a big Hollywood movie in ... If you find "Memoirs of a Geisha" wearying, as I did, you may find yourself ...

Even though they were clearly in awe of the rituals ... anachronistic and inauthentic feel of the film, that’s the least of Geisha’s problems. What hamstrings the film most is Marshall ...

A picture is worth a thousand words in director Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel about Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), a 1930s Japanese Cinderella-turned-courtesan.

Essentially, they ... “Memoirs of a Geisha” parts company with the new “Pride and Prejudice.” For although Jane Austen portrays Elizabeth as being not only an attractive person but a mistress of the ...

The critics might have been uimpressed by the film version of Memoirs ... geisha. It wasn't just about imitating them either; it was more about exuding. Geishas are like moving works of art; when ...

of whether or not they are prostitutes. While necessarily not as detailed as the novel, the film follows in this line, explaining that geisha are elegant companions and practitioners of ...

He called an activist friend and together they ... did see the exhibition as a natural, given the renewed fascination with geishas sparked by Arthur Golden's 1999 bestseller, "Memoirs of a Geisha ...

Other than proving that you can make a lousy movie ... Memoirs of a Geisha seems bent on showing that geishas, who have pretty much died out, are not prostitutes. I had always assumed they were ...