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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