I totally understood the meaning behind it as I got older. Well, now I totally do and I think to myself how awkward woulrnit be to be caught giving someone one. I never understood the cakes they gave to their potential mizuage choices.
#MEMORIES OF A GEISHA COMPOSER MOVIE#
Now watching the movie as an adult (I was 15) when I saw it, some things stand out more to me. I had read the book before I saw the movie, so I was pretty aware of what each thing was. The movie just shows a happy ending to a fairy tale which I loved at the time it was released, but now I realize the book did explain a lot better. You get to know what happened with the Chairman.
I liked the book ending a bit better, because she ends with explaining her life after the ending scene of the movie. I thought the scene with the dance was my favorite as a kid. Also Zhang Ziyi did an excellent job as Sayuri.
I especially give credit to Gong Li, who really did an excellent job making Hatsumomo so vicious. I know the movie can be flawed, but it shows the relationship of the characters so well. Seeing how many layers it took for her to put on her kimono and how pretty the fabrics were. I love how it feels dramatic in the movie. Seeing Chiyo's transformation into a geisha is like watching two different people, but she becomes everything she ever wants before the war happens. It's like a twist on a Cinderella story, and I think that's where the major appeal comes for me. I saw it back when it first came out and read the book, I was obsessed. Overall though, the movie is gorgeous, the score is lovely and haunting, and Ken Watanabe is deliciously handsome as always, so I really enjoyed it. In contrast, Iwasaki's book makes it seem like becoming a Geisha was a road to independence, with many controlling their own clients and finances, having lovers, becoming single working mothers without stigma, or transitioning from the life of a geisha into marriage and motherhood. The major dramatic thrust is the main characters desire to be with a man she loves, and how being a geisha brings her close to him but also separates them. The biggest difference seems to be the opportunities of women who become geishas.the movie makes it seem like they are just a step above prostitutes, highly trained and refined but still exploited and unable to choose their destiny.
The time period is slightly different, but it's interesting how this movie paints the geisha world as something exotic and hidden, with deeply dark undertones, while the book I'm reading is decidedly less dramatic. I decided to watch this because I've been reading a book written by a woman who was a geisha in the 60's and 70's (Geisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki). However, if you haven't seen a movie in a very long time and are re-discovering it then exceptions may be made. Keeping this sub's special character means sharing the experience of seeing a movie the first time.Only post movies that you have seen for the FIRST time. Check if your movie has already been posted before submitting.Ħ.Check if your movie has already been posted before submitting. You can make your title whatever you want, as long as it contains a) the name of the movie you watched b) the year it was released.ĥ.Put your movie name and year in the title. Tag your posts as "SPOILER" if your movie contains a "surprise ending," plot twist, etc.Ĥ.Movies from 2010, to be clear, are allowed, however, but anything from 2011, 2012, etc.
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