English name: memoirs of a geisha
Release date: 2005
Region: USA
Language: English
Director: rob marshall rob marshall
Written by robin swicord robin swicord.
Starring: Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi
Gong Li Ligong
Yang Ziqiong Yang Ziqiong
Paul adelstein paul adelstein
Ken Watanabe Watanabe
Eugenia Yuan, Eugenia Yuan
Type: drawing
Level: PG- 13 (sex and controversial topics)
Length: 145 minutes
Distribution: Columbia Film Company, Colombia
Release date: 65438+February 9, 2005
Synopsis: Cinderella in Japan
The story took place in a small fishing village near Kyoto, Japan on 1926. Memoirs of a little girl Xintian Geisha was born in a poor family. The memoirs of a geisha inherited her mother's characteristics-a pair of translucent gray eyes. This unusual color also indicates her equally extraordinary life.
For memoirs of geisha, simple and happy childhood memories are short-lived. Because of family life, the mother of memoirs of a geisha had to send her to the geisha museum to study. Although life there was hard and boring, and the girls who studied at the same time had to endure exclusion, the tenacious memoir of a geisha completed all her studies and eventually became the most successful geisha in Japan.
With beautiful appearance and versatility, the memoirs of a geisha captured almost all the most powerful men. However, what she can't let go is that a man she really loves can never respond to her infatuation. ...
Behind-the-scenes Story: Sino-US Cooperation
This film is adapted from the novel of the same name published by Arthur 1997? Gordon had studied in China and Japan. During his stay in Japan, he interviewed Toyoko Iwasaki, a famous geisha at that time, and recorded 65,438+000 hours of audio data. After returning to China, he published this novel about the mysterious industry of geisha, which stayed on The New York Times's bestseller list for two years, sold 4 million copies and was translated into 32 languages.
Less than a month after its publication, the novel was discovered by a keen producer in Colombia. They bought the film adaptation rights and raised more than $85 million. At the same time, they invited Spielberg as the producer of the film and John, the film score master who won five Oscars. Williams makes music, and Liza Dalby, the only American recognized by Japanese geisha, serves as a consultant.
Rob? Marshall is not only a successful film director, but also produced the MTV film Annie before directing Chicago, which won six Oscars. This film was nominated for the 65,438+02 Emmy Award that year, and he was also active on Broadway. A * * * was nominated for six Tony Awards, and his versatility was particularly eye-catching in music and art subjects, which is why he finally won the favor of Colombia.
Experienced female screenwriter Robin? Schweickold was ordered to adapt this best-selling novel into a mature script, but for this popular theme, only one screenwriter certainly failed to reassure the production company, so they hired the screenwriter Doug? Doug Wright polished the script, and asked him to stay at the scene all the time during the filming and revise his lines at any time, so that the actors could pronounce them more easily.
As for the heroine of the film, Zhang Ziyi was not originally chosen as a role candidate. Because the scheduled Maggie Cheung and Jin Yunzhen failed to reach an agreement, and Zhang Ziyi had many years of professional dance training, he starred in the Japanese film House of Beavers this year, and was finally invited to be the leading role in the film. The film also brought together many Japanese actors, including Gong Li and Yang Ziqiong, and Ken Watanabe, who was nominated for the Oscar, also participated in the performance in Japan.
Making tidbits: storm of geisha
Geisha first appeared in Japan at the end of 17, and there are still hundreds of practitioners supporting this ancient and mysterious traditional industry. Japanese geisha were probably influenced by the performance culture of Jiao Fang in the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, because they had similar costumes, codes of conduct and performance styles.
The main actors in this film are all from China. Although it is partly because of the popularity of the production company's explanation, it is also partly because the novel and film have been resisted in Japan. Although the English version of Memoirs of a Geisha sells well, its Japanese version has met with resistance in China, because the film has greatly distorted the principle that geisha "sells art, not herself".
In the book, Toyoko Iwasaki, the prototype of memoirs of a geisha, is the richest and most famous geisha of her time. She was systematically trained as a geisha from the age of five, and later became famous. She once filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice for this book, accusing the author and publishing company of fabricating geisha to cater to the curiosity of westerners, while Arthur? Gordon argues that the novel is pure fiction, so it can't be said to hurt the industry. In the hopeless case of winning the case, Toyoko Iwasaki published his memoirs on 200 1. This documentary version of Memoirs of a Geisha has sold more than 250,000 copies in Japan and is also very popular in Europe and America.
Comments: Not history.
Like the last samurai, Americans like to choose the history of other countries and then package it with their own cultural ideas. The original novel caused many protests in Japan, because the plot of the auction of virginity depicted in this novel seriously distorted the real situation among Japanese geisha.
Looking back at the whole movie, there are almost no Japanese elements in it. Apart from the role identity and background, Memoirs of a Geisha absorbed American investment, and all the work was done by Americans. If it weren't for different skin colors and limited investment, Colombia might even use a purer American brand.
After all, this is an American film. Although there are "three Chinese women in one play", being an actor can't influence the style and characteristics of the film. Great Americanism made Tom? Cruise played the hero of the Meiji Restoration. This time, they seem to be more inclined to show the mysterious Japanese industry before and after World War II. The infighting between women and the love of geisha memoirs seem to be the center of the whole movie.
American movies are entertainment-oriented, and it is hard to imagine adapting the documentary version written by Toyoko Iwasaki. For this movie, before we see it, we can almost make a bold prediction: this movie is not the pride of China movies, it just needs some cheap and beautiful face of china, and the theme of the movie must be conservative-100% is not history, only romance.
Cast:
Anthony Haitang ... Kitonoyama
Zhou Caiqin Cai Qin ... Aunt.
Chad kleven ... Drunk soldier.
Palace Li Ligong ... hat sumomo
TogoIgawa ... Partridge.
Yuuki Kudou ... Oboka (Pumpkin)
Michael Kurova ... Businessman
Kaori Momoi ... Okami (landlady)
Navia Nguyen ... Geisha
Xinxin ... Little Kiko
Baron Cary Heroyu Tegava Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ...
Ceng Jiang Ceng Jiang ... So-so.
Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe ... Chairman.
Zoe Weizenbaum ... pumpkin.
Keizo Obuchi, Keizo Obuchi ... Nobu
Spielberg is a producer, not a director.