Memoirs of a Geisha
September 25, 2013Memoirs of a Geisha
Call Number: DVD01034
Director/Distributor: Rob Marshall
Format: DVD video : English : 2-disc widescreen special ed
Language: In English or French with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned in English.
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia Pictures Industries : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: Based on the book by Arthur Golden.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary with Rob Marshall and John DeLuca ; Commentary with Colleen Atwood (costumes), John Myhre (production designer) and Pietro Scalia (editor) ; Previews (8 min.); Disc 2: Featurettes Sayuri’s Journey (15 min.); The Road to Japan (6 min.); Geisha Boot Camp (12 min.); Building the Hanamachi (13 min.); The Look of a Geisha (16 min.); The Music of “Memoirs” (10 min.); A Geisha’s Dance (8 min.); The Way of the Sumo (6 min.); Rob Marshall, Director (10 min.); A Day with Chef Nobu Matsuhisa (10 min.); Chef Nobu’s recipes [text feature]; Behind the scenes photo gallery; Costume illustrations photo gallery.
Summary: In 1929, a poor fisherman sells his 9-year-old daughter to a geisha house in Kyoto. Chiyo will be an unpaid servant until it is determined if she is beautiful enough for apprenticeship, and the house’s clientèle. Run by Mother, the ruling geisha is Hatsumomo, and little Pumpkin her only friend. Trained under strict discipline for a lifetime of entertaining and flattering wealthy men, Sayuri grows up lovely, accomplished, and the target of jealous rivals. Love is no part of this cloistered world, although geisha lore hints that even if they fall in love with clients–the operative word is client, and that love is never free.
OCLC #: 63161554
Added: 9/25/2013
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
