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Memoirs of a Geisha

Set in Japan in the era leading up to World War II, we take a close up look at how a young girl becomes a geisha, in order to get close to the man she loves. During her training, she finds herself in the middle of a power struggle between two leading women in the geisha training house. Once qualified, her life gets even more complicated when her target's best friend falls madly in love with her, putting them all in a difficult position.

143 minutes, No persons under 13
Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, Suzuka Ohgo, Kaori Momoi
Director	Rob Marshall
Screenplay	Robin Swicord, from the novel by Arthur Golden
Music	John Williams
Cinematography	Dion Beebe
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2005
Produced by	Columbia PIctures Corporation, Dreamworks SKG, Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Red Wagon Productions
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Romantic drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	Isolated and only implied
Violence	Infrequent but strong
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Complex and mature theme (forced training as a geisha, forced separation of the twins, etc.)
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Adjusted CAP Report (USA) (-50 to 50)
Wanton Violence / Crime	-16
Impudence / Hate	35
Sexual Immorality	-38
Drugs / Alcohol	-33
Offence to God	35
Murder / Suicide	-40
Final score	5
Influence density	0.80
Min - Max	-88

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTanya Farber	16
Die BurgerMariana Malan	10
Cape TimesCarina Chocano	10
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	10
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
The Good WeekendTheresa Smith	10
International Media
BBC (UK)Stella Papamichael	15
Box Office (USA)Sheri Linden	8
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	13
eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman	1
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	15
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
Internet (IMDB)8084 Netizens	13

Average .. 58%	11

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