CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

martin-fennell Terrific movie with Excellent performances from Li Gong, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang. and others in the cast. I understand Japanese people being critical of Chinese playing Japanese. I'm sure there are plenty of Japanese Actresess who could have played the roles just as well. But I find some of the reviews rather silly Quote from a review here "First, I have to ask the director why he did not hire a Japanese art director who would not create absolutely untruth interior architecture and furniture, and not make funny hair and Kimono style. Japanese never wear Kimono making the right side in front until they die." I'm sorry, I didn't watch to learn about Japanese architecture. if i did. i would watch a documentary about Japanese architecture. I don't care about the hair do's, and whether or not the kimono is displayed probably or not. I'm irish. If I watch about Ireland, eg Michael Collins, i don't care if the films get's historical facts wrong. what's more important is the story, the acting, directing. stuff like that. Look, this film was made primarily for a western audience. i'm sure there are people in the west who take a deep interest in Japanese culture who will take issue with what the film got wrong. But for the average film-goer like me, I highly recommend this movie.

Lola A I have read the book and as such I was very excited to watch the movie. Given that Les Miserables and Great Gatsby were amazing adaptions of the book I was expecting something similar from this one but was I wrong. The main problem with this adoption is that it lacks the emotion with which Geisha tells the story. She hates it, finds this whole world bizarre but in the movie we do not see it. It is shown as something she finds normal and adapts to it. There is emotion of dislike towards geishas expressed. Maybe the creators were being careful not to insult the culture but without that emotion and Chiyos attitude towards Geishas, the movie looses that what made the book so great. Real-life link: if you are not a modern undefended woman, you fate depends on others and sadly mainly rich man. Plausibility: A 14 year old falls for an older men because the men shows him kindness but why would an old men like the Chairmen fall for a kid so that he sends Mameha to help her become a geisha without being a pedo? There is something shady here that does not fit. But that has more to do with the book then the movie. Storytelling: Follows the book nicely, with the exception that it leaves out the reason why the father sells the girls and that it ends quickly without telling that the chairmen and Chiyo get together and have kids and she moves the states. Casting/ Acting: I liked the fact that the actors were not Westerns but what bugged me a bit was their accent, why would you not cast American actors with the same background to get rid of the accent? Overall, it lacked the emotion that makes the story of the Geisha so great.

sahachiranjit32 It is the Story of Sayuri (Suzuka Ohgo), a famous geisha and her extraordinary life. As told by her mother Sayuri is like water, water can carve its way, even through stone and when trapped makes a new Path. Film opens in a unknown village where Chiyo and her sister Satsu forcibly removed from their home. Chiyo is taken care of Geisha's house whereas her sister deemed less attractive sold onto prostitution.She was not born to Geisha , but one day near Sunagawa she met a gentlemen. That man was so gentle to her and give her a cup of sweet ice and money to buy food. In that moment she changed from a girl nothing but emptiness and someone with some purpose. She wants to become Geisha and return his favor. And her Journey beginsGeisha are not courtesans, they are not wives . They sold their skills not bodies, she sings, entertained us. The very word Geisha means "Artist".There are plenty of good things of this movie is Storytelling, Costume Design, Cinematography, and of course the struggling of Chiyo and how she becomes Chiyo to Sayuri . Does she met the gentlemen ?

bloomingvinedesign Set in early twentieth century Japan, the life and lure of Geisha and it's history is explained through the most tragic of circumstances. As an outsider in the US, a viewer takes home cultural identities that contradict most prior knowledge of the culture, mystification, and history of Geisha. While Geisha still exist today, the process is different. It means something to Japan. In the US, 'geisha girls' are a derogatory term. This movie shows the full stages of early twentieth century initiation through diabolical means. It shows an undercurrent happening even with the Geisha community. The time was dark. The Geisha served as escorts, mainly, for those in political power. Only some Geisha were permitted to have regular followers. Some Geisha were auctioned off. Some Geisha were truly in Love. Once you swallow the horror of the arrival of adolescence in a place in the dark history, the entire movie is a love story.There were people and guides with this Geisha-dreamer-girl, her whole life. The first guide, she found herself, as a little girl. He thought she reminded him of a young, abused Geisha attendee, however, he told her he was reminded of him children.The shaved ice cup, in the town scene, is the most crucial thing in the entire movie. She bases the rest of her life, where she places her trust, and whom she seeks to hide it from, on that single moment--when she saw HIM- (Ken Wanatabe) and his Geisha.Rivalries spring up, and collapse over the course of time. However the ART begins to inspire. Art becomes the universal truth that gets this lowly little child, from the hell she was dragged through, to the Love she seeks. The epic journey is told with the most brilliant costumes, sets, cinematography, and casting. Everyone in this movie was an artist. Despite war, misinterpretation, language barriers, and culture shock, this movie bridges a serious gap between worlds...as artists, people, friends. Not many remember why the cherry trees bloom here too. We need movies like this. We Are one world, with many tragedies, and Many many more artists.