The film, set in Japan during the Showa Era, tells the story of Chiyo Sakamoto (portrayed by Suzuka Ohgo as a child and by Zhang Ziyi as an adult), a poor, young Japanese girl who has been sold along with her older sister Satsu into a life of servitude by her parents when she is nine years old. The Japanese release of the film was titled Sayuri, the titular character's geisha name. The film was nominated and won numerous awards, including nominations for six Academy Awards, and eventually won three: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. This movie is mainly about older Chiyo and her struggle as a geisha to find love, in the process making a lot of enemies. Her new family then sends her off to school to become a geisha. Memoirs of a Geisha tells the story of a young girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold into slavery by her family. The movie was filmed in southern and northern California and in several locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu temple and the Fushimi Inari shrine. Suzuka Ohgo plays the younger Sayuri/Chiyo in the movie. It stars Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, and Suzuka Ohgo. It was directed by Rob Marshall and released in the United States on December 9th, 2005 by Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks. It was produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment, and also by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. Memoirs of a Geisha is based off of the novel of the same name. This movie and the book based on it, is fiction as well as inaccurate. Note: This movie is fiction and should not be used as a source for knowledge about geisha.
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