Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Director:

Rob Marshall

Writers (WGA):

Robin Swicord (screenplay)
Arthur Golden (book)

Release Date:

23 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

Plot Keywords:

Forced Prostitution | Corporal Punishment | Rags To Riches | Whipping | Sister Sister Relationship

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 28 nominations

Cast

Suzuka Ohgo	...	Chiyo
Togo Igawa	...	Tanaka
Mako	...	Sakamoto
Samantha Futerman	...	Satsu
Elizabeth Sung	...	Sakamoto's Wife
Thomas Ikeda	...	Mr. Bekku
Li Gong	...	Hatsumomo (as Gong Li)
Tsai Chin	...	Auntie
Kaori Momoi	...	Mother
Zoe Weizenbaum	...	Young Pumpkin
David Okihiro	...	Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana	...	Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura	...	Granny
Karl Yune	...	Koichi
Eugenia Yuan	...	Korin
Yôko Narahashi	...	Mameha's Maid (as Yoko Narahashi)
Michelle Yeoh	...	Mameha
Kenneth Tsang	...	The General
Ken Watanabe	...	Chairman
Navia Nguyen	...	Izuko - Geisha in Green
Natsuo Tomita	...	Geisha in Lavender
Youki Kudoh	...	Pumpkin
Ziyi Zhang	...	Sayuri
Fumi Akutagawa	...	Yukimoto Teahouse Matron
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	The Baron
Koji Toyoda	...	Male Hairdresser
Rick Mali	...	Man in Grey Hat
Steve Terada	...	Boy on Bike
Laura Miro	...	Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha / Spring Festival Dancer
Diane Mizota	...	Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha / Spring Festival Dancer
Yasusuke Uike	...	Sumo Referee
Shuuhei Mainoumi	...	Small Sumo Wrestler (as Shuhei Mainoumi)
Daisuke Dewaarashi	...	Large Sumo Wrestler
Kôji Yakusho	...	Nobu (as Koji Yakusho)
Ren Urano	...	Sumo Ring Announcer
Ace Yonamine	...	Sumo Wrestler
Anthony Begonia	...	Sumo Wrestler
Albert 'Sumo' Lee	...	Sumo Wrestler
Dino Rivera	...	Sumo Wrestler
Randall Duk Kim	...	Dr. Crab
Takayo Fischer	...	Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Asako Takasue	...	Tanizato Teahouse Matron
Clarissa Park	...	Dancer at Party
Nobu Matsuhisa	...	Kimono Artist (as Nobuyuki Matsuhisa)
Jim Leung	...	Kimono Factory Worker
Chad Cleven	...	Drunken G.I.
Richard J. Bell	...	Drunken G.I.
Cameron Duncan	...	Drunken G.I.
Faith Shin	...	Little Kiko
Brannon Bates	...	Military Police Officer
Ted Levine	...	Colonel Derricks
Paul Adelstein	...	Lieutenant Hutchins
Shizuko Hoshi	...	Sayuri Narration (voice)
Michelle Aguilar Camaya	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Janelle Dote	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Kim Hazel	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Ashia Meyers	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Kiyoka Miyazaki	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Shiho Miyazawa	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Minae Noji	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Mami Saito	...	Spring Festival Dancer
Shannon Abero	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Kiyoko Ando	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Miki Fujita	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Chieko Hidaka	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Wendy Lam	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Kana Miyamoto	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Brooke Miyasaki	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Nao Nojima	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Shelly Oto	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Nikki Tuazon	...	Festival Rehearsal Dancer
Addie Yungmee	...	Festival Rehearsal 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
Hannah Hwang	...	Student Dancer
Emma Fusako Ishii	...	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
Ayaka 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
Masakazu Yoshizawa	...	Shamisen Musician
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuki Bird	...	Wealthy Guest (uncredited)
Michael Chen	...	Rickshaw Driver (uncredited)
James Huang	...	Spa Worker (uncredited)
Eiji Inoue	...	(uncredited)
Masa Kanome	...	Radio Caster (uncredited)
Branden Weslee Kong	...	Rickshaw Driver (uncredited)
Teddy Lau	...	Noodle Chef (uncredited)
Stacey Lee	...	Maiko (uncredited)
Jon Liggett	...	Drunken G.I. (uncredited)
Tohoru Masamune	...	Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Danton Mew	...	Takamaya Towel Servant (uncredited)
Ryan Moriarty	...	Teahouse Patron (uncredited)
Tam Nguyen	...	Maiko (uncredited)
Ricky Pak	...	Spa Patron (uncredited)
Jia Perlich	...	Sexy Geisha (uncredited)
Cathy Shim	...	The Baron's Guest (uncredited)
Henry T. Yamada	...	Sumo Judge (uncredited)
Joseph Steven Yang	...	Spa Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Marshall

Writing credits (WGA)
Robin Swicord		(screenplay)
Arthur Golden		(book)

Produced by
Gary Barber	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	executive producer
Bobby Cohen	....	executive producer
John DeLuca	....	co-producer
Lucy Fisher	....	producer
Steven Spielberg	....	producer
Patricia Whitcher	....	executive producer
Douglas Wick	....	producer

Original Music by
John Williams

Cinematography by
Dion Beebe		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Pietro Scalia

Casting by
Francine Maisler
Nina Henninger		(uncredited)

Production Design by
John Myhre

Art Direction by
Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.

Set Decoration by
Gretchen Rau

Costume Design by
Colleen Atwood

Makeup Department
Trish Almeida	....	key hair stylist
Kate Biscoe	....	department head makeup
Miia Kovero	....	key hair stylist
Todd McIntosh	....	key makeup artist (as Todd A. McIntosh)
Ben Nye Jr.	....	special effects makeup artist
Lyndell Quiyou	....	hair designer
Miho Suzuki	....	hair stylist: Japan
Miho Suzuki	....	makeup artist: Japan
Christien Tinsley	....	prosthetic makeup
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	department head hair
Noriko Watanabe	....	makeup designer
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker
Marc Boyle	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Katrina Chevalier	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
David DeLeon	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Hitomi Golba	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Connie Grayson	....	contact lens technician (uncredited)
Pilar Harlow	....	contact lens technician (uncredited)
Teressa Hill	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
David Larson	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Thomas Opitz	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens coordinator/painter (uncredited)
Raissa Patton	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Robin Slater	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Michele Tyminski	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Terrie Velasquez	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tsutomu Adachi	....	production manager: Japan
Cellin Gluck	....	unit production manager: Japan
Don J. Hug	....	production supervisor: Northern California
Leeann Stonebreaker	....	production supervisor
Patricia Whitcher	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John DeLuca	....	second unit director
Emi Fukuda	....	second assistant director: Japan
Eric Heffron	....	first assistant director (as Eric N. Heffron)
Michael J. Moore	....	second assistant director
David K. Riebel	....	second second assistant director (as David Riebel)
Yusuke Takeda	....	second assistant director: Japan
Marvin Williams	....	second second assistant director: Northern California (as Marvin J. Williams Jr.)
Anne Carroll	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Grace Liu	....	second assistant director: San Francisco (uncredited)
Ellen Rosentreter	....	day player additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Greg Berry	....	assistant art director
Steve Brennan	....	on-set dresser (as Steven Brennan)
J.C. Brown	....	graphic designer
John Carroll	....	construction foreman
Patrick Cassidy	....	leadman
Clete Cetrone	....	construction foreman
William Rob Chalk	....	on-set dresser (as William R. Chalk)
Fred Defoe	....	construction foreman (as Fred Deyoe)
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer (as Jann Engel)
Robert Fechtman	....	set designer
Emily Ferry	....	property master
Elizabeth Flaherty	....	art department coordinator
Shogo Fujii	....	property master: Japan
Darek Gogol	....	illustrator
Michael E. Goldman	....	assistant art director: Northern California (as Michael Goldman)
Donnie Grant	....	stand-by painter
John Guliano	....	construction foreman (as John J. Giuliano)
John Hoskins	....	construction coordinator
Luis G. Hoyos	....	set designer (as Luis Hoyos)
Makoto Ibuki	....	set decorator: Japan
Stuart John	....	construction foreman (as Henry S. John)
Robert Lambert	....	general construction foreman
Dwight Lowell	....	construction foreman (as Dwight T. Lowell)
Kumiko Mizuno	....	prop advisor
Yasuyuki Ogawa	....	set decorator: Japan
Dan Ondrejko	....	greens foreman (as Daniel L. Ondrejko)
Edmond Scott Ratliff	....	assistant props (as Scott Ratliff)
Brian Rock	....	labor foreman (as Brian J. Rock)
Rich Romig	....	set designer
Jerry Sargent	....	propmaker foreman (as Jerry L. Sargent)
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
Kazuo Tashima	....	art director: Japan
Joy Taylor	....	assistant property master
Jeffrey Thomas	....	stand-by greensman
Lisa Vasconcellos	....	art department coordinator
Tomas Voth	....	supervising art director
Tim Wessling	....	construction foreman: Northern California
Greg Wilkinson	....	assistant props
Clyde Zimmerman	....	paint supervisor
Greg Aronowitz	....	conceptual model maker (uncredited)
Richard J. Bell	....	greens foreman (uncredited)
Craig Bernatzke	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
James W. Boyce	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Adam Braid	....	buyer (uncredited)
Vincent D'Aquino	....	greens foreman (uncredited)
Michael P. Finnegan	....	tool technician (uncredited)
Chad S. Frey	....	set designer (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Bob Huffman	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Scott Johnson	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Kent Jones	....	paint foremen (uncredited)
Michele Maria Kitagawa	....	art department production assistant (uncredited)
Richard Lambert	....	gang boss: set (uncredited)
Michael Marcus	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
Jeff Markwith	....	set designer (uncredited)
Masako Masuda	....	set designer (uncredited)
Chet Maxwell	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Doni McMillan	....	gangboss (uncredited)
Robert Misetich	....	set paint foreman (uncredited)
John S. Ogden	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Bruce Richter	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Liza Rudolph	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Tommy Samona	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Hugo Santiago	....	leadman set designer (uncredited)
Patte Strong-Lord	....	set designer (uncredited)
Tom Talley	....	location foreman (uncredited)
Mark Warren	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Tracey Wilson	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist (as Michael Broomberg)
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Kelly Doran	....	sound utility
Julie Feiner	....	dialogue editor
Linda Folk	....	adr editor
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor (as Hector Gika)
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor (as Laura Harris Atkinson)
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Rick Kline	....	supervising sound mixer
Howard London	....	adr mixer
James Morioka	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin O'Connell	....	supervising sound mixer
Michelle Pazer	....	dialogue editor (as Michele Pazer)
John Pritchett	....	production mixer
David M. Roberts	....	boom operator
Brian Ruberg	....	foley mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	supervising sound mixer
Joe Schiff	....	assistant sound editor
Ann Scibelli	....	sound effects editor
Dan Sharp	....	sound re-recordist
Branden Spencer	....	assistant sound editor
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Renee Tondelli	....	adr supervisor
Renee Tondelli	....	dialogue supervisor
Steven J. Berger	....	assistant sound (uncredited)
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Michael Hertlein	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Michael Hertlein	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Lenny Rabinowitz	....	adr recording engineer (uncredited)
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Eric Taylor Williamson	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Scott R. Fisher	....	special effects coordinator
Jay King	....	special effects technician (as Jay B. King)
Jim Rollins	....	special effects foreman (as James S. Rollins)
Leo Leoncio Solis	....	special effects technician (as Leo Solis)
Scot Erb	....	assistant model maker (uncredited)
Ian O'Connor	....	special effects supervisor: title sequence (uncredited)
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Brian Battles	....	compositor: Digital Backlot
Danny Braet	....	digital effects supervisor: CafeFX
Lee Carlton	....	digital effects artist: CafeFX
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital artist: CafeFX (as Matt Collorafice)
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects producer: Cafe FX
Thomas F. Ford IV	....	production support: Digital Backlot (as Tom Ford)
Julia Frey	....	visual effects producer
Jeff Goldman	....	digital artist: CafeFX
Paul Graff	....	compositing supervisor
Diana Hinek	....	rotoscope: Digital Backlot
Elizabeth Hirsch	....	production manager: Digital Backlot
Josh McGuire	....	digital artist: CafeFX (as Josh McGwire)
Dan Naulin	....	digital artist: CafeFX (as Daniel Naulin)
Bryant Reif	....	digital effects supervisor: CafeFX
Robert Stromberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Adam Watkins	....	3D lead: Digital Backlot
Jeff Barnes	....	production executive: CafeFX (uncredited)
Matthew Collorafice	....	compositor (uncredited)
David Ebner	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: CafeFX (uncredited)
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist (uncredited)
Diana Hinek	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
David Hochstadter	....	digital artist: CafeFX (uncredited)
Steve Hutchins	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Derek Krauss	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Votch Levi	....	digital compositor: CafeFX (uncredited)
Lap Van Luu	....	IT support: CafeFX (uncredited)
Lap Van Luu	....	data I/O: CafeFX (uncredited)
Brandon MacDougall	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Ed Mendez	....	digital compositor: CafeFx (uncredited)
Toby Newell	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Brian Openshaw	....	render manager (uncredited)
Ruben Rodas	....	paint/roto artist: CafeFX (uncredited)
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration (uncredited)
Danny Torres	....	systems administrator (uncredited)
O.D. Welch	....	production executive: CafeFX (uncredited)
Radost Yonkova	....	digital artist: CafeFX (uncredited)

Stunts
George Cheung	....	stunts
Phil Chong	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunt coordinator
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts
Craig H. Davidson	....	stunts (as Craig Davidson)
Scott Davis	....	stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Roel Failma	....	stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunts
Hannah Ha Joo	....	stunts
Amy Saki Kawakami	....	stunts
Brian L. Keaulana	....	stunts (as Brian Keaulana)
Jon W. Kishi	....	stunts (as Jon Kishi)
Hiro Koda	....	stunts
Will Leong	....	stunts
Ming Liu	....	stunts (as Ming Qiu)
Joey Nawa	....	stunts
Michiko Nishiwaki	....	stunts
Jen Sung Outerbridge	....	stunts
Chris Palermo	....