Wednesday 29 May 2013

Day 149: Memoirs of a Geisha


A little girl is sold out of her small village to a woman who will raise her in the ways of a geisha. That was the initial plan but after many run-ins, it is decided that Chiyo (Ziyi Zhang) will work as a servant instead. Until the wonderful geisha Mameha (Michelle Yeoh) takes her under her wing and makes her into the most sought-after geisha.

Chiyo’s strength despite all the hardships and spitefulness she faces is quite impressive. She works hard for what she wants and even after she thinks she won’t get what it is she has worked so hard for, she still carries on. Finally though, her perseverance is rewarded and she gets to be with the Chairman (Ken Watanabe). That’s quite a touching scene itself and you can see that the Chairman and Chiyo had so both wanted to be with each other but couldn’t due to circumstance and loyalty.

The film itself is quite visually interesting. It did well in documenting the change from poor village girl to wonderful geisha with Chiyo. I liked that we got to see a lot of what went into the process as it gave some insight into how exact and unforgiving it all is.


7/10

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