Memoirs of a Geisha

A story like mine has never been told.

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

2005

Drama·Romance·History

2h 26min

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Top Billed Cast

章子怡
Sayuri
巩俐
Hatsumomo
Michelle Yeoh
Mameha
渡辺謙
Chairman
大後寿々花
Chiyo
桃井かおり
Mother
役所広司
Nobu
工藤夕貴
Pumpkin
Togo Igawa
Tanaka
Mako
Sakamoto
Samantha Futerman
Satsu
Elizabeth Sung
Sakamoto's Wife
Thomas Ikeda
Mr. Bekku
Tsai Chin
Auntie
Zoe Weizenbaum
Young Pumpkin
David Okihiro
Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana
Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura
Granny
Karl Yune
Koichi
Eugenia Yuan
Korin

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