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Memoirs of a Geisha

Where:

Kyoto Prefecture

When:

The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s

My world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries, it cannot survive. — A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan 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.

Released in 2005 — 146 minutes

Genres:

Drama Romance History

Languages:

English Japanese