Title:
Memoirs of a geisha
ISBN:
9781424846580
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publication Information:
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the book by Arthur Golden.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Director Rob Marshall and co-producer John DeLuca audio commentary; production audio commentary.
Contents:
Hanamachi -- Hatsumomo -- You are to become geisha." -- Oath -- Search for her sister -- Over the rooftops -- Loss & purpose -- Fifteen -- Most unexpected visitor -- Moving work of art -- One look -- Sayuri -- Sumo -- Eel and the cave -- Every man's fantasy -- Cherry blossoms -- Baron's Kimono -- 15,000 Yen -- Hatsumomo's end -- War years -- Back to the Hanamachi -- Entertaining Americans -- Hot springs -- Pumpkin's surprise -- Heart dies -- Forgiveness -- Memoirs of another kind.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature subject matter and some sexual content.
Genre:
Added Uniform Title:
Memoirs of a geisha (Motion picture)
Summary:
In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic graces and social skills a geisha must master. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. With the onslaught of World War II, Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.40:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND, MASTERED IN HIGH DEFINITION.
Language Note:
ENGLISH OR FRENCH DIALOGUE, ENGLISH OR FRENCH SUBTITLES; CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
