A correction was made to this article on Jan. 10, 2006. “Memoirs of a Geisha” was the most nominated movie in the longlists for the British Academy Film Awards, closely followed by “Brokeback Mountain ...

Memoirs of a Geisha: Drama. Starring Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe and Michelle Yeoh. Directed by Rob Marshall. (PG-13. 137 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Memoirs of a Geisha," based on Arthur Golden's ...

THE release this month of Rob Marshall’s movie “Memoirs of a Geisha,” based on Arthur Golden’s bestselling 1997 novel, is inspiring tours and hotel packages in Kyoto, Japan, where Golden’s heroine ...

BEIJING—China and Japan, which are at each other's throats over any number of issues, finally seem to agree on one thing: Hollywood's latest release is a cultural dud. The Hollywood movie "Memoirs of ...

After long years of development, a movie version of the best-selling novel “Memoirs of a Geisha” is headed into production. The book became a sensation around the world when it was first published in ...

Although hampered by a transparent plot, a lean and implausible one-joke premise and a tendency to fluctuate uneasily between comedy and drama, the picture has been richly and elaborately produced on ...