| Books | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| DVD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Music | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Buying Tools | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| How to Order |
|---|
| You can either browse our store directories or search the item you want to know. You can search using keywords, title, publisher, ISBN, artist, and so on. If you see the item you want, click Add to Shopping Cart. After that, you can either Continue Shopping or Proceed to Checkout. After clicking Proceed to Checkout, you can simulate your total charges based on your preferred shipping method and enter the shipping address. When you are done, you will receive instruction where to send your payment and you're done! Simple, isn't it? |
|
|
Home
DVD : Memoirs of a Geisha [2005]
Back
![: Memoirs of a Geisha [2005]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F3F7RPZDL._SL160_.jpg)
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 8717418083465
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Languages:English Subtitled English Original Language
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: June 05, 2006
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Chicago director Rob Marshall's pretty but empty (or pretty empty) film has all the elements of an Oscar contender: solid adaptation (from Arthur Golden's bestseller), beautiful locale, good acting, lush cinematography. But there's something missing at the heart, which leaves the viewer sucked in, then left completely detached from what's going on.
It's hard to find fault with the fascinating story, which traces a young girl's determination to free herself from the imprisonment of scullery maid to geisha, then from the imprisonment of geisha to a woman allowed to love. Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), a young girl with curious blue eyes, is sold to a geisha house and doomed to pay off her debt as a cleaning girl until a stranger named The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) shows her kindness. She is inspired to work hard and become a geisha in order to be near the Chairman, with whom she has fallen in love. An experienced geisha (Michelle Yeoh) chooses to adopt her as an apprentice and to use as a pawn against her rival, the wicked, legendary Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Chiyo (played as an older woman by Ziyi Zhang), now renamed Sayuri, becomes the talk of the town, but as her path crosses again and again with the Chairman's, she finds the closer she gets to him the further away he seems. Her newfound "freedom" turns out to be trapping, as men are allowed to bid on everything from her time to her virginity.
Some controversy swirled around casting Chinese actresses in the three main Japanese roles, but Zhang, Yeoh and Gong in particular ably prove they're the best for the part. It's admirable that all the actors attempted to speak Japanese-accented English, but some of the dialogue will still prove difficult to understand; perhaps it contributes to some of the emotion feeling stilted. Geisha has all the ingredients of a sweeping, heartbreaking epic and follows the recipe to a T, but in the end it's all dressed up with no place to go.--Ellen A. Kim
Rating:
- Truly Beautiful
I just watched this DVD for the first time and it is truly spellbinding! I would recommend it to anyway. I really think it is the kind of film which everyone should watch in their life. It is shot in such classically beautiful manner, the story, the actors, the cinematography, music and costume design all collate together to make it a real moving piece of art!
Rating:
- Visually stunning
I loved Arthur Golden's novel `Memoirs of a Geisha' and tried to keep an open-mind about the film version. Although the film wasn't as `magical' as the novel, I thought it stood rather well.
"Memoirs of a Geisha" on screen, in my opinion, did capture some aspects of the novel. I thought the scenery (especially of the Japanese market) was well portrayed.
Although the film is visually stunning, I felt that it could have been made more authentic by if it had more Japanese ... Read More
Rating:
- Disappointing
Memoirs of a Geisha is a great book; a really great, pacey, enchanting, engaging book. I can't recommend the book enough. The film however tries so hard and ends up disappointing.
As you would expect from the novel, it is beautifully shot, with fantastic costumes and vibrant use of colour. The dance sequences are visually stunning, the landscapes sumptious, but this somehow never quite makes up for the lack of credibility in the film's core. What is pacey and hard to put down in the novel ... Read More
Rating: - One of my favourite books turned into film with stunning results
I became a fan of early Japanese literature after reading a fictional story about Lady Murasaki. After hunting for similar books, it was not long before I discovered Arthur Golden's MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, a contemporary novel about a young geisha during the time of the Second World War. I loved the book and so when I discovered that it was to be made into a film, I could not wait to see it. Of course, the problem when you love a book and then it is put to film, often you come away bitterly disappointed. ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful Tale from a Beautiful book
Personally, i don't know what everyone was so anxious about before viewing this movie. i had heard a lot of praise about the cinematography and the depth and emotion of the storyline. who cares if the actors were of different race? i know a lot of people will take offense to that, it didn't bother me too much, since it wasn't what i thought of while watching the movie. who has time to think of different dialects and someone being Chinese when a beautiful story of the life of a geisha is being told.
Read More
Action & Adventure • Adult • Anime • Children's • Classics • Comedy • Crime, Thrillers & Mystery • Documentary • Drama • Fitness • Gay & Lesbian • Horror • Interactive • Music • Musicals & Classical • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Television •
Memoirs of a Geisha [2005]
Our Price: 86,684.40
Prices excluding shipping charge.Availability: Usually dispatched within 9 to 13 days
Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 8717418083465
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Languages:
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: June 05, 2006
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Related Items:
- The Constant Gardener [2005]
- Walk the Line [2005]
- March of the Penguins - Luc Jacquet [2005]
- Brokeback Mountain [2005]
- Notes On A Scandal [2007]
- see more
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Chicago director Rob Marshall's pretty but empty (or pretty empty) film has all the elements of an Oscar contender: solid adaptation (from Arthur Golden's bestseller), beautiful locale, good acting, lush cinematography. But there's something missing at the heart, which leaves the viewer sucked in, then left completely detached from what's going on.
It's hard to find fault with the fascinating story, which traces a young girl's determination to free herself from the imprisonment of scullery maid to geisha, then from the imprisonment of geisha to a woman allowed to love. Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), a young girl with curious blue eyes, is sold to a geisha house and doomed to pay off her debt as a cleaning girl until a stranger named The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) shows her kindness. She is inspired to work hard and become a geisha in order to be near the Chairman, with whom she has fallen in love. An experienced geisha (Michelle Yeoh) chooses to adopt her as an apprentice and to use as a pawn against her rival, the wicked, legendary Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Chiyo (played as an older woman by Ziyi Zhang), now renamed Sayuri, becomes the talk of the town, but as her path crosses again and again with the Chairman's, she finds the closer she gets to him the further away he seems. Her newfound "freedom" turns out to be trapping, as men are allowed to bid on everything from her time to her virginity.
Some controversy swirled around casting Chinese actresses in the three main Japanese roles, but Zhang, Yeoh and Gong in particular ably prove they're the best for the part. It's admirable that all the actors attempted to speak Japanese-accented English, but some of the dialogue will still prove difficult to understand; perhaps it contributes to some of the emotion feeling stilted. Geisha has all the ingredients of a sweeping, heartbreaking epic and follows the recipe to a T, but in the end it's all dressed up with no place to go.--Ellen A. Kim
Average Rating:
Rating:
- Truly BeautifulI just watched this DVD for the first time and it is truly spellbinding! I would recommend it to anyway. I really think it is the kind of film which everyone should watch in their life. It is shot in such classically beautiful manner, the story, the actors, the cinematography, music and costume design all collate together to make it a real moving piece of art!
Rating:
- Visually stunningI loved Arthur Golden's novel `Memoirs of a Geisha' and tried to keep an open-mind about the film version. Although the film wasn't as `magical' as the novel, I thought it stood rather well.
"Memoirs of a Geisha" on screen, in my opinion, did capture some aspects of the novel. I thought the scenery (especially of the Japanese market) was well portrayed.
Although the film is visually stunning, I felt that it could have been made more authentic by if it had more Japanese ... Read More
Rating:
- DisappointingMemoirs of a Geisha is a great book; a really great, pacey, enchanting, engaging book. I can't recommend the book enough. The film however tries so hard and ends up disappointing.
As you would expect from the novel, it is beautifully shot, with fantastic costumes and vibrant use of colour. The dance sequences are visually stunning, the landscapes sumptious, but this somehow never quite makes up for the lack of credibility in the film's core. What is pacey and hard to put down in the novel ... Read More
Rating:
- One of my favourite books turned into film with stunning resultsI became a fan of early Japanese literature after reading a fictional story about Lady Murasaki. After hunting for similar books, it was not long before I discovered Arthur Golden's MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, a contemporary novel about a young geisha during the time of the Second World War. I loved the book and so when I discovered that it was to be made into a film, I could not wait to see it. Of course, the problem when you love a book and then it is put to film, often you come away bitterly disappointed. ... Read More
Rating:
- Beautiful Tale from a Beautiful bookPersonally, i don't know what everyone was so anxious about before viewing this movie. i had heard a lot of praise about the cinematography and the depth and emotion of the storyline. who cares if the actors were of different race? i know a lot of people will take offense to that, it didn't bother me too much, since it wasn't what i thought of while watching the movie. who has time to think of different dialects and someone being Chinese when a beautiful story of the life of a geisha is being told.
Read More
Action & Adventure • Adult • Anime • Children's • Classics • Comedy • Crime, Thrillers & Mystery • Documentary • Drama • Fitness • Gay & Lesbian • Horror • Interactive • Music • Musicals & Classical • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Television •
