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 ...

The evocative movie Memoirs of a Geisha opened in American theaters last December, drawing crowds with its stylish depiction of a geisha's life in pre-World War II Japan, earning itself a pair of ...

Tokyo — PERHAPS the Japanese just finally decided they could not allow one more Hollywood take on geisha life to go unanswered. Whether it was a reaction to the casting of Chinese actresses as ...

Arthur Golden's 1997 tale appealed to director Marshall (Chicago) for the same reasons it attracted millions of readers: because it "not only peers into the fascinating and forbidden world of a geisha ...

A week before “Memoirs of a Geisha” was scheduled to open at movie theaters here, the Chinese government canceled the showing of the Hollywood film, reportedly because of concerns that it could spark ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Brokeback Mountain," the gay cowpoke flick that has the queer community's knickers all in a twist, isn't the only Hollywood film this season that thoughtfully and sensitively depicts characters who ...