Rob Marshall and Robin Swicord’s 2005 historical film Memoirs of a Geisha follows Chiyo Sakamoto, a young girl forced by her family to become a geisha. Set in pre-World War II Japan, the movie delves ...

The end of the month is coming up fast, and that means Netflix will soon lose a handful of its best movies. There's a better than even chance that some of these films will eventually return to Netflix ...

I must admit I would not have gone to see this movie if I hadn't been reviewing it. I am so glad I had the opportunity. "Memoirs of a Geisha" is a true love story encompassing aspects of "Romeo and ...

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Arthur Golden's 1997 tale appealed to director Marshall (Chicago) for the same reasons it attracted millions of readers: because it "not only peers into the fascinating and forbidden world of a geisha ...

In the years before World War II, a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a maid in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms ...

China has banned Memoirs of a Geisha, due to fears it could aggravate anti-Japanese views. The adaptation of Arthur Golden's bestselling book stars three of China's leading female actresses, but ...

It's certainly not the first time the West has borrowed Eastern styles — the obi belt that was all over the runways a year ago — but a number of the fashion and beauty looks inspired by the new film ...

A number of national retailers, most notably Banana Republic, are already selling merchandise tied in to the Sony Pictures movie "Memoirs of a Geisha," which debuts this weekend. But what ...

A real-life fable set in a mysterious and exotic world, this stunning romantic epic shows how a house servant blossoms, against all odds, to become the most captivating geisha of her day.