Memoirs of a Geisha
“A story like mine has never been told.”
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Genres
Drama, Romance, History
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Memoirs of a Geisha performed
Budget
$85.0M
Worldwide Gross
$162.2M
Gross Profit
$77.2M
Return
1.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$23M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Sayuri
Zhang Ziyi
Sayuri
Hatsumomo
Gong Li
Hatsumomo
Mameha
Michelle Yeoh
Mameha
Le président
Ken Watanabe
Le président
Chiyo
Suzuka Ohgo
Chiyo
La mère
Kaori Momoi
La mère
Nobu
Koji Yakusho
Nobu
Pumpkin
Youki Kudoh
Pumpkin
Tanaka
Togo Igawa
Tanaka
Sakamoto
Mako
Sakamoto
Satsu
Samantha Futerman
Satsu
Sakamoto's Wife
Elizabeth Sung
Sakamoto's Wife
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