Memoirs of a Geisha

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Release date 2005

Duration 145 min

Producer(s) Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Bobby Cohen...more

Director(s) Rob Marshall...more Rob Marshall...less

Writer(s) Robin Swicord, Arthur Golden...more Robin Swicord, Arthur Golden...less

Cast Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako...more

Genre Drama,

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Mameha:
[in voiceover] Remember, Chiyo, geisha are not courtesans. And we are not wives. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world, a place only of beauty. The very word "geisha" means artist and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.

Sayuri Nitta:
[turns to see the Chairman standing in front of her] Chairman, where is Nobu-san?
Chairman:
He won't be coming.
Sayuri Nitta:
Is something wrong?
Chairman:
He knows what happened. It is not in his nature to forgive.
Sayuri Nitta:
Chairman, what happened on the island...
Chairman:
Please, you don't have to explain.
Sayuri Nitta:
But I have shamed myself so deeply, past all forgiveness.
Chairman:
No! I'm the one who must be forgiven.
Sayuri Nitta:
I do not understand.
Chairman:
Perhaps... if you had only known the truth.
Sayuri Nitta:
The truth?
Chairman:
Some years ago, I was on my way to the theater. I saw a little girl weeping by the Sunagawa. I stopped to buy her a cup of sweet ice.
Sayuri Nitta:
You knew I was that little girl?
Chairman:
Didn't you ever wonder why Mameha took you under her wing?
Sayuri Nitta:
Mameha came to me because of you?... I wish you could have told me long ago. [turns her back to him]
Chairman:
What could I do? I owe Nobu my life. And so when I saw that he had a chance at happiness with you, I stood silent, but... But I cannot any longer. I hope... it is not too late. Don't be afraid to look at me, Chiyo.
Sayuri Nitta:
[turns around to face him again] Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you. [finally kiss and embrace, cries in his arms]

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The Baron:
[after Sayuri discovers the teapot she is pouring from is empty] I'm sure if there was one drop left in that pot, Sayuri would have gotten it out! [other male patrons laugh]

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Hatsumomo:
[slaps Sayuri roughly] I shall destroy you...

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Nobu:
[to Sayuri] Can't you see that I want you for myself? You have ruined me! Before we met I was a disciplined man.

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Sayuri Narration:
At the temple, there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read Loss, only feel it.

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Sayuri Nitta:
I am so far behind...
Pumpkin:
Don't worry I'll help you. [laughs]
Hatsumomo:
Pumpkin! [strikes her]
Hatsumomo:
You are never to talk to her again. We are rivals now.

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Sayuri Narration:
A story like mine should never be told. For my world is as forbidden as it is fragile. Without its mysteries it cannot survive. I certainly wasn't born to the life of a geisha. Like so much in my strange life, I was carried there by the current.

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Narrator (Old Sayuri):
The winter I turned fifteen I saw the chairman again, but that wasn't the only surprise fate brought me that season. Along with the snow came a most unexpected visitor.
Mother:
Why is she here? Chiyo, Chiyo, open the gate! [motioning for her to open the door and straigtening herself before going to her table]
Mameha:
Now that your beloved granny has gone you have no need for a maid.
Mother:
I would never question the great Mameha, but you could choose anyone in the Hanamachi.
Mameha:
You flatter me, truly. [bowering her head in compliment]
Mother:
I would give you my pumpkin if she weren't already tied to Hatsumomo.
Mameha:
Please I would never dream of asking
Mother:
Besides, I can always sell Chiyo to Mrs. Tetsuyo. [smoking her cigerette]
Mameha:
With your eye for beauty and nose for talent,surely you can see what a terrible waste that would be.
Mother:
If you were not the kind hearted Geisha I know you to be, then I might think that you werescheming against Hatsumomo. [looking towards the door where Chiyo and Pumpkin are listening]
Mameha:
Then I'm grateful Mrs. Nita that you don't have a suspicious mind.
Mother:
Perhaps you can pique my interest with... your offer.
Mameha:
I will cover Chiyo's schooling, all her expenses, until after her debut. [proposing as she slides her cup across the table]
Mother:
Now I am confident that you are teasing. [pouring more tea]
Mameha:
I could not be more sincere. If Chiyo has not repaid her debt within six months after her debut.
Mother:
[scoffing] Impossible, too little time!
Mameha:
Then I will pay you twice over. [uping the offer]
Mother:
What...? No Geisha could ever... [pushing the tea towards Mameha]
Mameha:
And I am certain you will not object to one trivial condition.
Mother:
Uh yes...? [puts down pipe, listening intently]
Mameha:
If Chiyo erases her debt in the time allowed, You will not have any part in her future earnings.
Mother:
[smirks in acceptance]

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Chairman:
Kindness we receive in our lives is not always enough.

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Hatsumomo:
[suggesting that Mameha used immoral methods to gain Sayuri the lead role in the dances] What did Mameha do, speak with the Director in *private*?
Sayuri Nitta:
Not *all* geisha use that kind of currency.

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Mameha:
You have a gift for expression.

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