The Eel and the Cave
- Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
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Memoirs of a Geisha wants to be a grand and epic story; it’s not. Beautifully shot the film lacks the story and the emotion to tell the tale worthy of the performances it wastes. Though incomplete and somewhat shallow the film does give some worthy moments to compliment its magnificent look and is worth viewing, but I wanted a little more than the film was willing to give.
The story tells of a young girl Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) who is sold by her father (Mako) to become a geisha. She grows up the house as a slave and eventually realizes her dream of being trained and reborn as Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang) a true geisha before all is taken away by the war and she must then decide how to put her life back together.
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