The moon light, the dark sky, and the bit starts twinkling, announced that was the last day of the year, 31stof December 2004. The sounds and smells mixed with the laughing, kisses and hugs , all of them expected anxious the end of this year, but me , I felt strange homesick, maybe I looked back and thought, I left the school, my best friends, the teachers , now is a new challenge. I have to grow up, and thought in my near future, the university; immediately my mind turn cloudy, I have a lot of things in my mind, while the rest of my family enjoyed the party ,I waited to sit down alone, for a long time. Unexpected, a family arrived to the party these were the uncles, aunts and cousins of my cousins then, when one of my uncles introduced me with him, at this moment, I felt an amazing connection with he, he looked at me firmly and took my hand, and I felt a strange sensation in my body, like a shiver from my feet to my head, he said !nice to meet you! With a brilliant smile on his face, and I answered me too shyness, after that he continued to talked with the rest of the family, and I waited astonish on the chair, then he came back with my aunt and she introduced me with him again, and he smiles, then his cousin called him just a second and immediately he came back with my grandma and she introduced me with him again and I cannot believed it, it happened again, was really an embarrassed situation with this guy.
The days were passing and every time the attraction that we were feeling was harder, every day something special occurred when we were together , a flower, a chocolate, everything he gave me was a beautiful gift, the days stopped being gray, they were changed into the colors of the rainbow, filling my life of happiness. I never thought that it would happen, hoping that they were not ended, the vacations passed and the university life was waiting for us, we swear to continue speaking, and not to forget the other.
The months were passing and with them the feelings, that were joining us, his calls and visits were stopping, we pass of being known, to being just others strangers who crossed their lives, we didn’t speak again, we followed our dreams, dreams that we shaped were to be together, but were replaced by others, Which did not have space for this that at some time was the only one, my first love.
ADRIANA RUBIO…
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Memoirs Of A Geisha
It is a movie based on the book of the same name, with fantastic scenes(stages) and a it(he,she) tells the history that he(she) does not monopolize all the important moments that they can find in the book, It great success they are the stages and the putting in scene, in many occasions we can be got lost in you her(it) tell the history since it comes to several blind alleys, a very good history with big actions(performances) showing very well Japan of the 20s and 30s, there shows the life of it protagonist from her beginning her sufferings in the course of the world war, as, she captivates the president.
By: Adriana Rubio
By: Adriana Rubio
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Memoirs Of A Geisha
This is a film that shows the life of a young girl growing up in Japan and the things that she has to endure during her life time. It shows what her parents will do to make their lives better and to make them more secure in this.
The girl Chiyo who is the main character starts off as a little girl, her life was not the best, but she did the best that she could.
Her life takes a turn for the better when she meets a man (The Chairman) in the market and he helps her when she falls. As she looks at the man she falls in love with him and makes her mind up that she is only going to be his in later life.
As time goes on she is taken into a Geisha house (Okiya) and begins her training as a Geisha girl, but did not know at this time what this would mean to her. The madam of the house puts her in with a senior Geisha (Mameha) and so begins a sort of love hate relationship between the two of them.
There are many times where she is told by this Geisha that she won’t be anything, but this makes her more determined to succeed in this enterprise.
Japan as we know is a beautiful place steeped in culture and gardens that are some the most beautiful in the world and the film shows this in all its glory.
When the girl is older, her training as a Geisha becomes more intense and she is expected to show that the house that she lives in is the best Geisha house in Japan. She adopted a new name Sayuri
The madam(Mameha) arranges for her to be with an older man(Doctor Crab) who is not the best picture in the world, but the girl does the best that she can. The man has also paid money to the madam to spend the night with the girl, and she realises that this is part of being a Geisha. She is not happy about this.
As her training progresses, the other parts of being a Geisha really are impressive and also her dancing improves. She adopted a new name Syuri (Ziyi Zhang).The madam arranges for her to dance for the man she fell in love with years ago, but she does not know this. She does her duties as she has been taught to do and the evening goes according to plan with the man enquiring as to her availability. The night they are to spend together doesn’t.
A few more years pass and the WW2 begins to affect them, while she is out she again meets this man who is now a soldier. The Geisha house is nearly in ruin, the man helps them to safety. This is the last time she will see him for a while.
After the war things seen to get back to normal and she goes back to being a Geisha and trying to build the house up again, but the thing she wants most she feels that she will never have. She always remembers the man and hopes that he will come and fetch her. Time passed and to her happiness and delight he returns to her. The romance is there but she has to know that he loves her and so tells him that she loves him. To her surprise he tells her that he does and as in all love stories, the story continues.
This movie was directed by Rob Marshall in 2005, the three lead actresses for this Japanese story are Chinese— Hatsumomo (Gong li), Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), and the principal character Sayuri
(Ziyi Zhang). This film is based on events that really happened.
Personally, I like the film it is a lovely thing to watch, it shows the Japanese culture, their customs and the most important part, the sad life of these beautiful and famous women that are recognized around the world. Colourful gardens and landscapes, the music is amazing it is according to the period, brilliant in direction but the thing that stands out the most is that once you start to watch it then it is hard to stop. Geisha is a must see film for you to watch curled up on the sofa with the lights out eating popcorn.
Watch it!!!!.
By: Tatiana Alvarez
The girl Chiyo who is the main character starts off as a little girl, her life was not the best, but she did the best that she could.
Her life takes a turn for the better when she meets a man (The Chairman) in the market and he helps her when she falls. As she looks at the man she falls in love with him and makes her mind up that she is only going to be his in later life.
As time goes on she is taken into a Geisha house (Okiya) and begins her training as a Geisha girl, but did not know at this time what this would mean to her. The madam of the house puts her in with a senior Geisha (Mameha) and so begins a sort of love hate relationship between the two of them.
There are many times where she is told by this Geisha that she won’t be anything, but this makes her more determined to succeed in this enterprise.
Japan as we know is a beautiful place steeped in culture and gardens that are some the most beautiful in the world and the film shows this in all its glory.
When the girl is older, her training as a Geisha becomes more intense and she is expected to show that the house that she lives in is the best Geisha house in Japan. She adopted a new name Sayuri
The madam(Mameha) arranges for her to be with an older man(Doctor Crab) who is not the best picture in the world, but the girl does the best that she can. The man has also paid money to the madam to spend the night with the girl, and she realises that this is part of being a Geisha. She is not happy about this.
As her training progresses, the other parts of being a Geisha really are impressive and also her dancing improves. She adopted a new name Syuri (Ziyi Zhang).The madam arranges for her to dance for the man she fell in love with years ago, but she does not know this. She does her duties as she has been taught to do and the evening goes according to plan with the man enquiring as to her availability. The night they are to spend together doesn’t.
A few more years pass and the WW2 begins to affect them, while she is out she again meets this man who is now a soldier. The Geisha house is nearly in ruin, the man helps them to safety. This is the last time she will see him for a while.
After the war things seen to get back to normal and she goes back to being a Geisha and trying to build the house up again, but the thing she wants most she feels that she will never have. She always remembers the man and hopes that he will come and fetch her. Time passed and to her happiness and delight he returns to her. The romance is there but she has to know that he loves her and so tells him that she loves him. To her surprise he tells her that he does and as in all love stories, the story continues.
This movie was directed by Rob Marshall in 2005, the three lead actresses for this Japanese story are Chinese— Hatsumomo (Gong li), Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), and the principal character Sayuri
(Ziyi Zhang). This film is based on events that really happened.
Personally, I like the film it is a lovely thing to watch, it shows the Japanese culture, their customs and the most important part, the sad life of these beautiful and famous women that are recognized around the world. Colourful gardens and landscapes, the music is amazing it is according to the period, brilliant in direction but the thing that stands out the most is that once you start to watch it then it is hard to stop. Geisha is a must see film for you to watch curled up on the sofa with the lights out eating popcorn.
Watch it!!!!.
By: Tatiana Alvarez
Memoirs Of A Geisha
BY: YULY YINNETH YATE
“Memoirs of a Geisha” is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the fictional story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II.
The director was Rob Marshall and the Writers were Robin Swicord (screenplay) and Arthur Golden (book). Memoirs of a Geisha Is a Drama/Romance. The main idea of the movie is that Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. The movie won 3 Oscars, another 17 wins and 28 more nominations.
Chiyo was the second daughter of a poor fisherman in Yoroido and a curiosity in her village - her eyes were blue (in the novel they were blue-grey). Her father was old and her mother terminally ill; thus the parents were persuaded to sell their daughters for a more secured life. Chiyo and sister Satsu were promptly sent to Gion (geisha district) right away. Her aunt decides to keep her in the Nitta Okiya, but rejects her sister. Satsu is then sent to a common brothel in the Miyagawa-Cho district to become a prostitute.
When she was 12-year-old, Chiyo was crying. A man stopped to talk to her and accompanied her for some shaved ice. He bought her flavoured ice and gave her two coins to cheer her up. Watching the Chairman walk away with two geishas, Chiyo decided that she would become a geisha at any cost, just so that she can be with him. She spent the coins on making her wish, and kept the Chairman's handkerchief.
In the winter of 1935, Chiyo is 15 and she's helping Pumpkin get ready for her debut as an apprentice geisha, under Hatsumomo's tutelage. After they left, she noticed that her friend forgot her shamisen and ran out of the Nitta Okiya to the back of Mizuki Teahouse(Hatsumomo's prime) and gave the mistress there her friend's shamisen. A few days later the okiya got a surprise visit from the famed geisha Mameha, who offered irresistable conditions to take Chiyo as her apprentice geisha. Mother's greed got the better of her and Chiyo became Sayuri. During her training, Sayuri showed considerable talents and Mother began to consider adopting her, instead of Pumpkin, as her daughter, to inherit the okiya. This further intensified the feud between Hatsumomo and Mameha.
Time was drawing close to the bidding for Sayuri's mizuage (the first night), but with Hatsumomo's schemes, Mameha was no where close to finding enough potential dannas (patrons) to start a proper bidding. She decided to try the impossible - Nobu, a rich man disfigured by chemical accident and disliked geishas. Miraculously,he fell in love with Sayuri; and Sayuri with his best friend - the Chairman.
Sayuri's mizuage made history as the highest bid to date, and she became the IT geisha. Mother adopted her, kicked Hatsumomo out for trying to destroy her career by causing the fire and Pumpkin was left homeless to fend for herself. But Sayuri's glory was cut short by World War II. As all geishas were gathered up and shipped to factories as workers, she and Mameha went into hiding with the Chairman's help.
After the war, Mameha and Sayuri found it hard to survive as genuine geishas. The American soldiers are the big spender now, and they prefer common prostitutes to geishas. Pumpkin's fell from grace now turned out to be a blessing.
The Chairman hired Sayuri, Mameha and Pumpkin for a trip, so that they could entertain an American colonel named Derricks, his associates and turn them into his business partners. Sayuri realised that she would have to get either Nobu or Col. Derricks to become her danna to survive. But meeting the Chairman again after the war proofed to be too strong a temptation, she decided to throw everything away and follow her heart for once. In her room, Mameha warned Sayuri against doing that because it's disrespectful to Nobu and she could ruin her career for that mistake. She told he to accept him as her danna because he saved her life and she owed a great debt. She mentions that Hatsumomo made the mistake of following her heart once by eloping with Koichi and destroyed her chances to have a danna. Sayuri refuses to listen to Mameha, which proved to be her undoing.
She arranged for the general to meet her in a shack and told Pumpkin to bring Nobu, so that both can be disappointed at her. She took this long-awaited chance and had her revenge - she brought the Chairman. When Sayuri demanded an answer from her friend. Pumpkin vehemently out of anger (cool, but still upset in the movie) told her she took away her rightful place as Mother's daughter and heir of the Nitta Okiya. A heart-broken Sayuri threw away the cherished handkerchief, and gave in to her fate.
Just when she thought she had lost favour with Nobu, Mother got a booking request from him. Disillusioned and settling for security, Sayuri arrived prepared to get back in Nobu's favour, only to find that the booking was made by the Chairman.
Now that his best friend is no longer interested in Sayuri, the Chairman can finally show his feelings and have his Chiyo back - it was him who sent Mameha to find the girl with blue eyes and ensure that she was taken care of and reunited with him.
I personally recommend this movie because it is a story full of feelings, wonderful landscapes and gardens, which recreate strong cultural connotations that allow the observer to live intensely the reality of many women who for various reasons become geishas.
“Memoirs of a Geisha” is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the fictional story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II.
The director was Rob Marshall and the Writers were Robin Swicord (screenplay) and Arthur Golden (book). Memoirs of a Geisha Is a Drama/Romance. The main idea of the movie is that Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. The movie won 3 Oscars, another 17 wins and 28 more nominations.
Chiyo was the second daughter of a poor fisherman in Yoroido and a curiosity in her village - her eyes were blue (in the novel they were blue-grey). Her father was old and her mother terminally ill; thus the parents were persuaded to sell their daughters for a more secured life. Chiyo and sister Satsu were promptly sent to Gion (geisha district) right away. Her aunt decides to keep her in the Nitta Okiya, but rejects her sister. Satsu is then sent to a common brothel in the Miyagawa-Cho district to become a prostitute.
When she was 12-year-old, Chiyo was crying. A man stopped to talk to her and accompanied her for some shaved ice. He bought her flavoured ice and gave her two coins to cheer her up. Watching the Chairman walk away with two geishas, Chiyo decided that she would become a geisha at any cost, just so that she can be with him. She spent the coins on making her wish, and kept the Chairman's handkerchief.
In the winter of 1935, Chiyo is 15 and she's helping Pumpkin get ready for her debut as an apprentice geisha, under Hatsumomo's tutelage. After they left, she noticed that her friend forgot her shamisen and ran out of the Nitta Okiya to the back of Mizuki Teahouse(Hatsumomo's prime) and gave the mistress there her friend's shamisen. A few days later the okiya got a surprise visit from the famed geisha Mameha, who offered irresistable conditions to take Chiyo as her apprentice geisha. Mother's greed got the better of her and Chiyo became Sayuri. During her training, Sayuri showed considerable talents and Mother began to consider adopting her, instead of Pumpkin, as her daughter, to inherit the okiya. This further intensified the feud between Hatsumomo and Mameha.
Time was drawing close to the bidding for Sayuri's mizuage (the first night), but with Hatsumomo's schemes, Mameha was no where close to finding enough potential dannas (patrons) to start a proper bidding. She decided to try the impossible - Nobu, a rich man disfigured by chemical accident and disliked geishas. Miraculously,he fell in love with Sayuri; and Sayuri with his best friend - the Chairman.
Sayuri's mizuage made history as the highest bid to date, and she became the IT geisha. Mother adopted her, kicked Hatsumomo out for trying to destroy her career by causing the fire and Pumpkin was left homeless to fend for herself. But Sayuri's glory was cut short by World War II. As all geishas were gathered up and shipped to factories as workers, she and Mameha went into hiding with the Chairman's help.
After the war, Mameha and Sayuri found it hard to survive as genuine geishas. The American soldiers are the big spender now, and they prefer common prostitutes to geishas. Pumpkin's fell from grace now turned out to be a blessing.
The Chairman hired Sayuri, Mameha and Pumpkin for a trip, so that they could entertain an American colonel named Derricks, his associates and turn them into his business partners. Sayuri realised that she would have to get either Nobu or Col. Derricks to become her danna to survive. But meeting the Chairman again after the war proofed to be too strong a temptation, she decided to throw everything away and follow her heart for once. In her room, Mameha warned Sayuri against doing that because it's disrespectful to Nobu and she could ruin her career for that mistake. She told he to accept him as her danna because he saved her life and she owed a great debt. She mentions that Hatsumomo made the mistake of following her heart once by eloping with Koichi and destroyed her chances to have a danna. Sayuri refuses to listen to Mameha, which proved to be her undoing.
She arranged for the general to meet her in a shack and told Pumpkin to bring Nobu, so that both can be disappointed at her. She took this long-awaited chance and had her revenge - she brought the Chairman. When Sayuri demanded an answer from her friend. Pumpkin vehemently out of anger (cool, but still upset in the movie) told her she took away her rightful place as Mother's daughter and heir of the Nitta Okiya. A heart-broken Sayuri threw away the cherished handkerchief, and gave in to her fate.
Just when she thought she had lost favour with Nobu, Mother got a booking request from him. Disillusioned and settling for security, Sayuri arrived prepared to get back in Nobu's favour, only to find that the booking was made by the Chairman.
Now that his best friend is no longer interested in Sayuri, the Chairman can finally show his feelings and have his Chiyo back - it was him who sent Mameha to find the girl with blue eyes and ensure that she was taken care of and reunited with him.
I personally recommend this movie because it is a story full of feelings, wonderful landscapes and gardens, which recreate strong cultural connotations that allow the observer to live intensely the reality of many women who for various reasons become geishas.
My Love Story, Funny and Tricky
Along my life I only have had one experience related to what is called love. The experience I am going to talk about is with my current girlfriend. We never thought we were going to be together. We met each other the first day of classes at university but, she told me she had seen me many times before.
The first time she saw me was in Carrefour supermarket one Saturday, two years ago; I did not see her in that moment. The second time, and actually the funniest, was when we had to come early at the university to practice some medical exams in order to be accepted. I said funny because according to her, we were so close and she noticed my presence but I did not notice hers. She was with some friends and I saw them but I do not know why I did not see her or why I did not remember her if I saw her in that moment.
Then, we met for the first time at the university and our relationship started as classmates. We did not expend a lot of time together, but the few times we talked, she told me I liked her. Two terms passed until we decided to be together, because the times we tried before, we did not agree with each other. When I told her if she wanted to be my girlfriend, she told me no and when she told me that I also said no. That is the reason why we never thought we would be together.
At the beginning of third semester, we again initiated to meet and as a consequence of that, a feeling grew inside of us. I still remember the day I decided to ask her again to be my girlfriend, it was a Wednesday and that day I skipped English class in order to meet with her. When I told her again, she was beating around the bush for a moment and I said to myself: “If she says no, I will not try it anymore”. Afterwards, I asked her in an unusual way; I said: “so what? Yes or no? She looked at me surprised for the tone of voice I used, but she finally answered yes.
Since that moment I have been with her. We have lived important and happy moments in our relationship and as many couples we also have faced many problems, which have caused our relation teeters on the brink. But we have overcome all those problems and in this moment we are together.
By: Eduardo Martinez
The first time she saw me was in Carrefour supermarket one Saturday, two years ago; I did not see her in that moment. The second time, and actually the funniest, was when we had to come early at the university to practice some medical exams in order to be accepted. I said funny because according to her, we were so close and she noticed my presence but I did not notice hers. She was with some friends and I saw them but I do not know why I did not see her or why I did not remember her if I saw her in that moment.
Then, we met for the first time at the university and our relationship started as classmates. We did not expend a lot of time together, but the few times we talked, she told me I liked her. Two terms passed until we decided to be together, because the times we tried before, we did not agree with each other. When I told her if she wanted to be my girlfriend, she told me no and when she told me that I also said no. That is the reason why we never thought we would be together.
At the beginning of third semester, we again initiated to meet and as a consequence of that, a feeling grew inside of us. I still remember the day I decided to ask her again to be my girlfriend, it was a Wednesday and that day I skipped English class in order to meet with her. When I told her again, she was beating around the bush for a moment and I said to myself: “If she says no, I will not try it anymore”. Afterwards, I asked her in an unusual way; I said: “so what? Yes or no? She looked at me surprised for the tone of voice I used, but she finally answered yes.
Since that moment I have been with her. We have lived important and happy moments in our relationship and as many couples we also have faced many problems, which have caused our relation teeters on the brink. But we have overcome all those problems and in this moment we are together.
By: Eduardo Martinez
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Directed by Rob Marshall; written by Robin Swicord, based on the novel by Arthur Golden; director of photography, Dione Beebe; edited by Pietro Scalia; music by John Williams, with cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma and violin solos by Itzhak Perlman; production designer, John Myhre; produced by Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick and Steven Spielberg; released by Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass
WITH: Ziyi Zhang (Sayuri), Ken Watanabe (Chairman), Michelle Yeoh (Mameha), Koji Yakusho (Nobu), Youki Kudoh (Pumpkin), Kaori Momoi (Mother), Tsai Chin (Auntie), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Baron), Suzuka Ohgo (Chiyo) and Gong Li (Hatsumomo).
Genre: Drama | Romance
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Release Date: 23 December 2005 (USA)
The movie is very interesting, we can observe each detail of Japan's culture, the sets are authentic and very beautiful when you're watching the movie transports you to this wonderful world, I believe the movie is very similar to the written work , And the opinions of those who have already read the book, is that in the movie you can see every detail of what the writer write, for this reason the film is so interesting.
The story focuses on a young nine year old girl, Chiyo, lives in a rather poor fishing village, Yoroido, on Japan's coast. Along with her older sister, Satsu, she is sent to the geisha (Japanese for artisan) district called Gion. Split from the only family she has left Chiyo is sent to the Nitta Okiya while her sister is transported else where and becomes less of a role. And Okiya is a house (sort of a compound) where a geisha lives and is taken care of. Here at the Nitta Okiya Chiyo meets another girl about her age nicknamed Pumpkin. Together Pumpkin and Chiyo struggle through the daily life of being treated as nothing more than slaves to the resident geisha, Hatsumomo. Hatsumomo, the story's resident villain, tries her hardest to make Chiyo's life as miserable as possible. On one particular occasion Chiyo feeling so
depressed collapses on a bridge in tears over her life's woes. Much to her surprise a high society passer by stops to question why she is so sad. Here little Chiyo
meets The Chairman for the first time. He shows her kindness in a world which has been naught but cruel to her and from that point on Chiyo makes it her goal to break free from the social class she was born into and become a geisha worthy of The Chairman. After much work and hardship Chiyo is allowed to attend school where young girls are taught all the important practices associated with the life of a geisha. She learns tea ceremony, how to play the shamisen (like a little banjo or acoustic guitar), as well as quite possibly the most important act, how to dance. The word geisha in Japanese is derived from a term referring to art so a geisha is like an artisan, or an artist. After some more altercations with Hatsumomo, Chiyo is taken under the wing of one of Gion's most popular geisha, Mameha. Mameha also happens to be Hatsumomo's arch-rival as a geisha. Mameha takes a long time to introduce Chiyo as her apprentice however once she does she is already blessed with fame for being associated with someone of Mameha's class. Here is the part of the story where Chiyo's name changes to Sayuri (her geisha name). Mameha introduces Sayuri is many numerous figures in Gion life and it come to a point where men are fighting for the highest bid on Sayuri's mizuage. All this time Sayuri is struggling with the common life lessons learned when one is growing up into a young woman. It is very much a coming of age story. Through all trials of adversity Sayuri faces her one goal is always to see The Chairman again. Finally the day comes when she is invited, along with Mameha, to a party at a teahouse at which The Chairman is attending. For the next couple of weeks she attends multiple parties which the chairman attend all the while seemingly coming closer to achieving her goal. Tension has been growing concerning World War II and the society in Gion is beginning to feel the effects of war. Rations are set up and many part of the giesha district have begun to close. Geisha are fleeing to other parts of the country hoping to avoid getting caught in an attack. Sayuri and all of her friends are split apart until after the war and once everyone returns to Gion it is realized the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All geisha who fled to these cities obviously died and it is a loss greatly felt by the community. Sayuri desperately attempts to attain the love of the Chairman and the climax of the story is whether or not she does meet her goal.
Memoirs of a Geisha was adapted from the novel of the same title by Arthur Golden, and based in part upon the life story of an actual geisha who ended up suing Golden for revealing her identity in the book. The producers called in some
big names to add weight to the film, including Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug White to co-write the script, and Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman for the soundtrack. The choice of Chinese actors to play geishas was controversial, and particularly galling to the Japanese. Director Marshall maintains that he cast the best candidates for key roles regardless of nationality or race.
The film opens with Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo as a child, Ziyi Zhang as an adult) being taken from the small fishing village of Yoroido and sold to the proprietress of a Kyoto geisha house. At first, Chiyo's lone goal is to find her sister, Satsu, from whom she has been separated but, after a brief reunion, they are parted forever. Chiyo's plans to become a geisha - a "moving work of art" who sells her skills, not her body - are dashed when she runs afoul of Hatsumomo (Gong Li), the house's most consistent earner. For her infractions, she is denied the chance to attend the geisha school and must perform menial chores. But others see something in her. The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) recognizes her as a girl of amazing character and offers her a simple kindness. Chiyo vows to become a geisha and make him her patron. A celebrated geisha, Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), takes Chiyo under her wing. When Chiyo is ready to make her debut, she is given a "geisha name" - Sayuri - and introduced into society, where she must compete with Hatsumomo for the best clients.
I think film, it has excellent actors, good drama, excellent venues and captures the viewer, I would recommend this, it is appropriate to view much f of Japan's culture.
Sandra Patricia Cucaita.
WITH: Ziyi Zhang (Sayuri), Ken Watanabe (Chairman), Michelle Yeoh (Mameha), Koji Yakusho (Nobu), Youki Kudoh (Pumpkin), Kaori Momoi (Mother), Tsai Chin (Auntie), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Baron), Suzuka Ohgo (Chiyo) and Gong Li (Hatsumomo).
Genre: Drama | Romance
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Release Date: 23 December 2005 (USA)
The movie is very interesting, we can observe each detail of Japan's culture, the sets are authentic and very beautiful when you're watching the movie transports you to this wonderful world, I believe the movie is very similar to the written work , And the opinions of those who have already read the book, is that in the movie you can see every detail of what the writer write, for this reason the film is so interesting.
The story focuses on a young nine year old girl, Chiyo, lives in a rather poor fishing village, Yoroido, on Japan's coast. Along with her older sister, Satsu, she is sent to the geisha (Japanese for artisan) district called Gion. Split from the only family she has left Chiyo is sent to the Nitta Okiya while her sister is transported else where and becomes less of a role. And Okiya is a house (sort of a compound) where a geisha lives and is taken care of. Here at the Nitta Okiya Chiyo meets another girl about her age nicknamed Pumpkin. Together Pumpkin and Chiyo struggle through the daily life of being treated as nothing more than slaves to the resident geisha, Hatsumomo. Hatsumomo, the story's resident villain, tries her hardest to make Chiyo's life as miserable as possible. On one particular occasion Chiyo feeling so
depressed collapses on a bridge in tears over her life's woes. Much to her surprise a high society passer by stops to question why she is so sad. Here little Chiyo
meets The Chairman for the first time. He shows her kindness in a world which has been naught but cruel to her and from that point on Chiyo makes it her goal to break free from the social class she was born into and become a geisha worthy of The Chairman. After much work and hardship Chiyo is allowed to attend school where young girls are taught all the important practices associated with the life of a geisha. She learns tea ceremony, how to play the shamisen (like a little banjo or acoustic guitar), as well as quite possibly the most important act, how to dance. The word geisha in Japanese is derived from a term referring to art so a geisha is like an artisan, or an artist. After some more altercations with Hatsumomo, Chiyo is taken under the wing of one of Gion's most popular geisha, Mameha. Mameha also happens to be Hatsumomo's arch-rival as a geisha. Mameha takes a long time to introduce Chiyo as her apprentice however once she does she is already blessed with fame for being associated with someone of Mameha's class. Here is the part of the story where Chiyo's name changes to Sayuri (her geisha name). Mameha introduces Sayuri is many numerous figures in Gion life and it come to a point where men are fighting for the highest bid on Sayuri's mizuage. All this time Sayuri is struggling with the common life lessons learned when one is growing up into a young woman. It is very much a coming of age story. Through all trials of adversity Sayuri faces her one goal is always to see The Chairman again. Finally the day comes when she is invited, along with Mameha, to a party at a teahouse at which The Chairman is attending. For the next couple of weeks she attends multiple parties which the chairman attend all the while seemingly coming closer to achieving her goal. Tension has been growing concerning World War II and the society in Gion is beginning to feel the effects of war. Rations are set up and many part of the giesha district have begun to close. Geisha are fleeing to other parts of the country hoping to avoid getting caught in an attack. Sayuri and all of her friends are split apart until after the war and once everyone returns to Gion it is realized the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All geisha who fled to these cities obviously died and it is a loss greatly felt by the community. Sayuri desperately attempts to attain the love of the Chairman and the climax of the story is whether or not she does meet her goal.
Memoirs of a Geisha was adapted from the novel of the same title by Arthur Golden, and based in part upon the life story of an actual geisha who ended up suing Golden for revealing her identity in the book. The producers called in some
big names to add weight to the film, including Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug White to co-write the script, and Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman for the soundtrack. The choice of Chinese actors to play geishas was controversial, and particularly galling to the Japanese. Director Marshall maintains that he cast the best candidates for key roles regardless of nationality or race.
The film opens with Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo as a child, Ziyi Zhang as an adult) being taken from the small fishing village of Yoroido and sold to the proprietress of a Kyoto geisha house. At first, Chiyo's lone goal is to find her sister, Satsu, from whom she has been separated but, after a brief reunion, they are parted forever. Chiyo's plans to become a geisha - a "moving work of art" who sells her skills, not her body - are dashed when she runs afoul of Hatsumomo (Gong Li), the house's most consistent earner. For her infractions, she is denied the chance to attend the geisha school and must perform menial chores. But others see something in her. The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) recognizes her as a girl of amazing character and offers her a simple kindness. Chiyo vows to become a geisha and make him her patron. A celebrated geisha, Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), takes Chiyo under her wing. When Chiyo is ready to make her debut, she is given a "geisha name" - Sayuri - and introduced into society, where she must compete with Hatsumomo for the best clients.
I think film, it has excellent actors, good drama, excellent venues and captures the viewer, I would recommend this, it is appropriate to view much f of Japan's culture.
Sandra Patricia Cucaita.
Love Story
While in the prime of adolescence, in a spectacular day sabatino, sharing with a group of friends in the field of basketball, I never imagined that this much spectacular day, wherein the joy flowed through the pores, where smiles never stopped, where the joy of the sport was healthy and dynamic, where everything was perfect. It would appear that bright boy who showed her smile, as spring shows its most prized colors; he totally prepared to have a good time, maybe get involved with our group of friends.
His energy was so positive that everyone liked.
His face made me known, but could not remember where.
We share several basketball games and it was inevitable, both physical and visual contact.
My heart was racing more and more, without even think right.
Just remember that the sympathy was mutual and frequent flirting.
When evening fell was inevitable return to our home, all we said goodbye with a smile.
When you get home take a break and I could not stop thinking about those eyes asabache to enlighten me with love.
Suddenly, you hear the doorbell, she received was a visit my uncle, but I was too tired to figure out who it was, from my bedroom, I heard, warm greetings, and many smiles and blandishments, then the curiosity was more stronger than tiredness invaded my body and walk to the room and I could not hide my face of wonder and surprise I felt at this unexpected visit, was a school friend of my uncle, that was not long ago, and that told him that now live in the neighborhood, and of course they are happy in the joy.
but. for me it was more surprising to recall that moment, that face, which that day had been unable to remember.
It was the same boy that I've been talking about, that that radiated energy and which left me totally deranged.
By: Sandra Patricia Cucaita
His energy was so positive that everyone liked.
His face made me known, but could not remember where.
We share several basketball games and it was inevitable, both physical and visual contact.
My heart was racing more and more, without even think right.
Just remember that the sympathy was mutual and frequent flirting.
When evening fell was inevitable return to our home, all we said goodbye with a smile.
When you get home take a break and I could not stop thinking about those eyes asabache to enlighten me with love.
Suddenly, you hear the doorbell, she received was a visit my uncle, but I was too tired to figure out who it was, from my bedroom, I heard, warm greetings, and many smiles and blandishments, then the curiosity was more stronger than tiredness invaded my body and walk to the room and I could not hide my face of wonder and surprise I felt at this unexpected visit, was a school friend of my uncle, that was not long ago, and that told him that now live in the neighborhood, and of course they are happy in the joy.
but. for me it was more surprising to recall that moment, that face, which that day had been unable to remember.
It was the same boy that I've been talking about, that that radiated energy and which left me totally deranged.
By: Sandra Patricia Cucaita
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