FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Memoirs of a Geisha
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Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer36%as of 2024-08-14
- Rotten Tomatoes average5.4/10as of 2021-10-10
- Metacritic54/100as of 2025-07-14
What it is
Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta".
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama / Romance
- Original language
- English
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