Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 16 mins | Drama, Romance, Period, Adaptation | Released: 12/16/2005 |Box Office Total: $57.0M

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Synopsis:

In the years before World War II, a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man beyond her reach.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/16/2005

Studio	Credit
Dreamworks Pictures	Studio
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Rob Marshall	Director
Cast	Credit
Ziyi Zhang	Sayuri
Ken Watanabe	The Chairman
Michelle Yeoh	Mameha
Koji Yakusho	Nobu
Youki Kudoh	Pumpkin
Kaori Momoi	Mother
Tsai Chin	Auntie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	The Baron
Suzuka Ohgo	Chiyo
Gong Li	Hatsumomo
Randall Duk Kim	Dr. Crab
Mako	Sakamoto
Kenneth Tsang	The General
Thomas Ikeda	Mr. Bekku
Zoe Weizenbaum	Young Pumpkin
Karl Yune	Koichi Karl
Ted Levine	Colonel Derricks
Shizuko Hoshi	Sayuri Narration
Togo Igawa	Tanaka
Samantha Futerman	Satsu
Elizabeth Sung	Sakamoto's Wife
David Okihiro	Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana	Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura	Granny
Eugenia Yuan	Korin
Yoko Narahashi	Mameha's Maid
Navia Nguyen	Geisha in Green
Natsuo Tomita	Geisha in Lavender
Fumi Akutagawa	Yukimoto Teahouse Matron
Koji Toyoda	Male Hairdresser
Steve Terada	Boy on Bike
Laura Miro	Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Diane Mizota	Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Yasusuke Uike	Sumo Referee
Shuhei Nagao	Small Sumo Wrestler
Kiyoshi Sugawa	Large Sumo Wrestler
Ren Urano	Sumo Ring Announcer
Ace Yonamine	Sumo Wrestler
Anthony Begonia	Sumo Wrestler
Albert Lee	Sumo Wrestler
Dino Rivera	Sumo Wrestler
Takayo Fischer	- Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Asako Takasue	Tanizato Teahouse Matron
Clarissa Park	Dancer at Party
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa	Kimono Artist
Jim Leung	Kimono Factory Worker
Chad Cleven	Drunken GI
Richard J Bell	Drunken GI
Cameron Duncan	Drunken GI
Faith Shin	Little Kiko
Brannon Bates	Military Police Officer
Paul Adelstein	Lt Hutchins
Michelle Camaya	Spring Festival Dancer
Janelle Dote	Spring Festival Dancer
Kim Hazel	Spring Festival Dancer
Ashia Meyers	Spring Festival Dancer
Laura Miro	Spring Festival Dancer
Shiho Miyazawa	Spring Festival Dancer
Diane Mizota	Spring Festival Dancer
Minae Noji	Spring Festival Dancer
Mami Saito	Spring Festival Dancer
Kiyoks Miyazaki	Spring Festival Dancer
Shannon Abero	Willow Fan Dancer
Kiyoko Ando	Willow Fan Dancer
Miki Fujita	Willow Fan Dancer
Chieko Hidaka	Willow Fan Dancer
Wendy Lam	Willow Fan Dancer
Kana Miyamoto	Willow Fan Dancer
Brooke Miyasaki	Willow Fan Dancer
Nao Nojima	Willow Fan Dancer
Shelly Oto	Willow Fan Dancer
Nikki Tuazon	Willow Fan Dancer
Addie Yungmee	Willow Fan Dancer
Cassidy Adams	Student Dancer
Celena Ahn	Student Dancer
Allison Chan	Student Dancer
Deziree Del Rosario	Student Dancer
Emilie Endow	Student Dancer
Rosie Endow	Student Dancer
Emma Fusako Ishii	Student Dancer
Hannah Hwang	Student Dancer
Amy Saki Kawakami	Student Dancer
Stefani Lee	Student Dancer
Teanna Lee	Student Dancer
Melissa Morinishi	Student Dancer
Michelle Obi	Student Dancer
Kasey Okazaki	Student Dancer
Jacqueline Osaki	Student Dancer
Aya Oyama	Student Dancer
Jade Refuerzo	Student Dancer
Meng Shi	Student Dancer
Stacy Suzuki	Student Dancer
Miwa Tachibana	Student Dancer
Jordan Tambara	Student Dancer
Shaye Uyematsu	Student Dancer
Etsuo Hongo	Shamisen Musician
Tateo Takahashi	Shamisen Musician
Maza Yoshizawa	Shamisen Musician
Production Credits	Credit
Douglas Wick	Producer
John DeLuca	Co-Producer
Leann Stonebreaker	Associate Producer
Patty Whitcher	Executive Producer
Lucy Fisher	Producer
Bobby Cohen	Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg	Producer
Roger Birnbaum	Executive Producer
Gary Barber	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Amblin Entertainment	Production Company
Red Wagon Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Repertory	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC	Foreign Distribution Rights
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
DreamWorks SKG	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
DreamWorks SKG	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Japan
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Doug Wright	Writer
Robin Swicord	Screenplay
Arthur S Golden	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Troy D McGatlin	Assistant Accountant
Nour Dardari	Production Accountant - Production Controller
Kim Ronstadt	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Sue Chipperton	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Robert Fechtman	Set Designer
David Cohen	Model Maker - Model Shop Supervisor
Steve Brennan	Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Patrick T Cassidy	Leadman
Greg Berry	Assistant Art Director
John Myhre	Production Designer
Gretchen Rau	Set Decorator
Felipe Sanchez	Illustrator - Costume Illustrator
Quentin Schierenberg	Set Dresser
Lisa Vasconcellos	Art Department Coordinator
Tomas Voth	Art Director
Liza Rudolph	Assistant Set Decorator
Daniel L Ondrejko	Greensman - Greens Forman
Clyde Zimmerman	Painter - Paint Supervisor
James Miller	Sculptor
Tommy Samona	Set Dresser
Patrick M Sullivan Jr	Art Director
Kent L Jones	Painter - Paint Foreman
Darek Gogol	Illustrator
Luis Hoyos	Set Designer
William Chalk	Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Yasuyuki Ogawa	Set Decorator
Anthony Cope	Model Maker - Modelmaker Foreman
Kazuo Tashima	Art Director
Theodore Hardwick	Set Dresser
Robert M Misetich	Painter - Paint Foreman
Maya Shimoguchi	Set Designer
Richard Ruiz	Model Maker - Modelmaker Foreman
Richard Romig	Set Designer
David Morales	Painter - Paint Foreman
Dale Wilmarth	Model Maker - Modelmaker Foreman
Emilio Aramendia	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Foreman
Jann Engel	Set Designer
Donnie Grant	Painter - Standby Painter
Masako Masuda	Set Designer
Lauren Polizzi	Set Designer
Hugo Santiago	Set Designer
Patte Strong-Lord	Set Designer
Jeff Markwith	Set Designer
Casting	Credit
Jennifer Bender	Extras Casting
Francine Maisler	Casting
Kathleen Tomasik Black	Casting Associate
Nicole Abellera	Casting Assistant
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Nancy Hayes	Extras Casting
Merry Alderman	Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
H Leah Amir	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Dion Beebe	Director of Photography
Cameron Ian Duncan	Loader
Peter Rosenfeld	Steadicam Operator
Peter Rosenfeld	Camera Operator
Michael D Weldon	Assistant Camera - First Assistant A Camera
David James	Photography - Still Photographer
Sion Michel	Camera
Chuck Weiss	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Sion Michel	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Sion Michel	Camera Operator - B Camera Operator
Paul Santoni	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant A Camera
John Grillo	Assistant Camera - First Assistant B Camera
Paul Babin	Camera Operator - C Camera Operator
Emil J Misisco	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant B Camera
Lou Weinert	Camera Operator - C Camera Operator
John Gazdik	Assistant Camera - First Assistant C Camera
Ken Bazal	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant C Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC	Co-Financier
Music	Credit
Shawn Murphy	Score Mixing
Yo-Yo Ma	Music Performer - Cello Solos
Ken Wannberg	Music Editor
John Williams	Music
Takao Saeki	Song
Masakazu Yoshizawa	Soloist - Shakuhachi Solos
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Conrad Pope	Orchestrations
Noriko Awaya	Song Performer
Fumiko Yotsuya	Song Performer
Masayo Ishigure	Soloist - Koto Solos
Kouka Sassa	Song
Masakazu Yoshizawa	Music
Itzhak Perlman	Music Performer - Violin Solos
Eddie Karam	Orchestrations
Kenneth Karman	Music Editor
Hiromi Hashibe	Soloist - Koto Solos
Shimpei Nakayama	Song
Azuma Kabuki Musicians	Music Performer
Ramiro Belgardt	Music Editor
Ensemble Nipponia	Song Performer
Katsutoji Kineya	Music Performer
Yaso Saijo	Song
Yoshida Brothers	Song Performer
Kineya Rokusaburo	Song
Rosen Tosha	Music Performer
Zumi-Kai Instrumental Group	Song Performer
Nadaharu Nakano	Song Performer
Shozabura Matsushima	Music Performer
Ryouichrou Yoshida	Song
Masao Koga	Song
Columbia Nakano Rhythm Boys	Song Performer
Ensemble Nipponia	Music Performer
Keiko Kurauchi	Song
Tajima Tadashi	Song Performer
Aiko Bingo	Song Performer
Masakazu Yoshizawa	Song
The Club Nisei Orchestra	Song Performer
Kengyo Yatsuhashi	Song
Rinshoue Kida	Song
The Andrews Sisters	Song Performer
Harry Da Costa	Song
Shoji Taro	Song Performer
Dinah Shore	Song Performer
H W Ragas	Song
D J LaRocca	Song
L Shields	Song
Anthony Sbarbaro	Song
E B Edwards	Song
Kinko Kurosawa	Song
Kineya Ysaburo	Song
Masaru Suzuki	Song
Ryoichi Hattori	Song
Sammy Cahn	Song
Saul Chaplin	Song
Jacob Jacobs	Song
Sholom Secunda	Song
Utami Nanjyo	Song
Haruo Kurawaka	Song
Vic Mizzy	Song
Irving Taylor	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Doug Coleman	Stunt Coordinator
Michiko Nishiwaki	Stunts
Allen Robinson	Stunt Coordinator
Hannah Ha Joo	Stunts
Boni Yanagisawa	Stunts
Amy Saki Kawakami	Stunts
Ming Qiu	Stunts
Marise Wong	Stunts
Eliza Coleman	Stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	Stunts
Will Leong	Stunts
Joey Nawa	Stunts
Chris Palermo	Stunts
Larry Rippenkroeger	Stunts
George Kee Cheung	Stunts
Phil Chong	Stunts
Jon W Kishi	Stunts
Jen Sung Outerbridge	Stunts
Simon Rhee	Stunts
Philip Tan	Stunts
Craig H Davidson	Stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	Stunts
Roel Failma	Stunts
Brian Keaulana	Stunts
Hiro Koda	Stunts
Scott Davis	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Tsutomu Adachi	Production Manager
Eric Heffron	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Mike Fantasia	Location Manager
Danika Kohler	Assistant Production Coordinator
Donny Martino Jr	Assistant Location Manager
Kerry Lyn McKissick	Script Supervisor
Leeann Stonebreaker	Production Supervisor
Patty Whitcher	Unit Production Manager
Noelle Green	Production Coordinator
Daniel Kemp	Location Manager
Michael J Moore	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Cellin Gluck	Unit Production Manager
Don J Hug	Production Supervisor
Madeline Bell	Assistant Location Manager
Tsutomu Adachi	Production Coordinator
Noriko Koyanagi	Production Manager
Kazumi Fukushima	Location Manager
Peter Costelli	Assistant Location Manager
Ken Takahashi	Production Supervisor
David Riebel	Assistant Director - Second Second Assistant Director
Saisie M Jang	Assistant Location Manager
Marvin J Williams Jr	Assistant Director - Second Second Assistant Director
Peter Moody	Assistant Location Manager
Yusuke Takeda	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Matthew Riutta	Assistant Location Manager
Emi Fukuda	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Linda Emmons-Cunningham	Assistant Location Manager
Publicity	Credit
Peggy Mulloy	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Wylie Stateman	Supervising Sound Editor
Linda Folk	ADR Editor
Harry Cohen	Sound Effects Editor
John Pritchett	Sound
Gary Hecker	Foley Artist
Rick Kline	Sound Mixer
Howard London	ADR Mixer
David M Roberts	Boom Operator
Dan Sharp	Sound Re-recordist
Ann Scibelli	Sound Designer
Brian Ruberg	Foley Mixer
Renee Tondelli	Sound Supervisor - Dialogue Supervisor
Renee Tondelli	ADR Supervisor
Branden Spencer	Assistant Sound Editor
Greg P Russell	Sound Mixer
Hector Gika	Sound Effects Editor
Michael Broomberg	Foley Artist
Kevin O'Connell	Sound Mixer
John Pritchett	Sound Mixer - Production Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
JC Brown	Graphic Artist
Julia Frey	Visual Effects Producer
Paul Graff	Compositing Supervisor
James S Rollins	Special Effects Foreman
Robert Stromberg	Visual Effects Supervisor
Jay B King	Special Effects Technician
Scott R Fisher	Special Effects
Scott R Fisher	Special Effects Coordinator
Leo Solis	Special Effects Technician
Kazuhito Ohtsubo	Special Effects
Tadashi Yokoyama	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Katherine Biscoe	Makeup - Department Head Makeup
Colleen Atwood	Costume Designer
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell	Costume Supervisor
Marta Camer	Makeup Artist
Raymond Burns	Hairdresser
Trish Almeida	Hair Stylist
Deborah Ambrosino	Costumer - Specialty Costumer
Dr Richard Silver	Contact Lenses - Special Effects Contact Lenses
Noriko Watanabe	Makeup Designer
Matt Reitsma	Costumes - Textile Artist
Yoichi Sakamoto ('Art')	Prosthetic Makeup - Granny Dental Appliances
Donna O'Neal	Set Costumer
Ben Nye Jr	Special Makeup Effects
Lyndell Quiyou	Hair - Hair Designer
Colleen Kelsall	Assistant Costume Designer
Dale Wibben	Tailor - Women'
Victoria Wood	Wig Maker
Dale Wibben	Tailor - Women's Costume Cutter
Mia Kovero	Hair Stylist
Rob Phillips	Costumes - Specialty Costume Manufacturer
Todd McIntosh	Makeup
Kelvin R Trahan	Hair - Department Head Hair
Dr Stacey Sumner	Contact Lenses - Special Effects Contact Lenses
Christine Cantella	Costumer
Debra Coleman	Makeup Artist
Catherine Childers	Hairdresser
Brenda Laidlaw	Set Costumer
Amy Arnold	Costumer
Cristina Patterson	Contact Lenses - Coordinator/Painter
Karen Naser	Tailor - Women's Costume Cutter
Miho Suzuki	Makeup
Miho Suzuki	Hair Stylist
Jay Cheng	Costumer
Connie Criswell	Contact Lenses - Contact Lens Technician
Michael Sloan	Tailor - Men's Costume Cutter
Barry Kellogg	Costumer

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