Memoirs of a Geisha: A Portrait of the Film

A visual companion to the movie based on the best-selling work by Arthur Golden features lavish full-color photographs, production drawings of specially designed kimonos, and an exploration of how filmmakers re-created the World War II-era geisha district where Sayuri spent her formative years. (A Columbia Pictures film, directed by Rob Marshall, releasing Winter 2005, starring Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, & Gong Li)