Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: Columbia Pictures Rob Marshall and Robin Swicord’s 2005 historical film Memoirs of a Geisha follows Chiyo Sakamoto, ...

Ohgo began acting in 2000 when she was seven, then she joined Sunflower (Himawari), which is a theatrical company. She debuted with the company at the Meiji-za in Story of a National Thief. In early ...

The girl from a fishing village must learn to be a lady. A special sort of lady: a geisha, one of the “wives of nightfall” who for centuries have entertained Japanese gentlemen with delicacy, wit and ...

“Agony and beauty for us live side by side,” laments Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), the most successful geisha in Gion. You’ll know how she feels: Memoirs of a Geisha, as directed by Chicago‘s Rob Marshall, ...