Memoirs of a geisha [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present an Amblin Entertainment Red Wagon Entertainment production ; produced by Lucy Fisher & Douglas Wick ; produced by Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Robin Swicord ; directed by Rob Marshall.
Contributor(s): Marshall, Rob
| Swicord, Robin | Zhang, Ziyi | Ohgo, Suzuka | Yeoh, Michelle | Watanabe, Ken | Igawa, Togo | Beebe, Dion | Williams, John | Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a geisha. Chinese | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) | Columbia Pictures corporation | Dreamworks Pictures | Spyglass Entertainment (Firm) | Amblin Entertainment (Firm).
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006Edition: 2-disc windscreen special ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 145 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (ca 24 p. ; 20 cm.).Uniform titles: Memoirs of a geisha (Motion picture) Subject(s): Geishas -- Japan -- Kyoto -- Drama | Social skills -- Study and teaching -- Japan -- Kyoto -- Drama | Mentoring -- Japan -- Kyoto -- Drama | Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama | Japan -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 MEM (Browse shelf) | Set of 2 DVD Video discs | 1 | Available | SOMAC,09030,01,GR | 1001008548 |
Based on the book by Arthur Golden.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; art directors, Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr., Tomas Voth ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music by, John Williams ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, John Myhre.
Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Li Gong, Tsai Chin.
In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue.
Subtitles in Malay, Chinese, English.