DVD
Memoirs of a geisha
Item details
- ISBN: 1404983082
- ISBN: 9781404983083
- ISBN: 043396111615
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Physical Description:
videodisc
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition: 2-disc widescreen special edition.
- Publisher: [Culver City, California] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Distributor: [Culver City, California] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Based on the book by Arthur Golden. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary with Rob Marshall and John DeLuca [audio only]; Commentary with Colleen Atwood (costumes), John Myhre (production designer) and Pietro Scalia (editor) [audio only]; Previews (8 min.); Disc 2: Featurettes Sayuri's Journey (15 min.); The Road to Japan (6 min.); Geisha Boot Camp (12 min.); Building the Hanamachi (13 min.); The Look of a Geisha (16 min.); The Music of "Memoirs" (10 min.); A Geisha's Dance (8 min.); The Way of the Sumo (6 min.); Rob Marshall, Director (10 min.); A Day with Chef Nobu Matsuhisa (10 min.); Chef Nobu's recipes [text feature]; Behind the scenes photo gallery; Costume illustrations photo gallery. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Start -- Hanamachi -- Hatsumomo -- "You are to become geisha." -- Oath -- Search for her sister -- Over the rooftops -- Loss & purpose -- Fifteen -- Most unexpected visitor -- Moving work of art -- One look -- Sayuri -- Sumo -- Eel and the cave -- Every man's fantasy -- Cherry blossoms -- Baron's kimono -- 15,000 yen -- Hatsumomo's end -- War years -- Back to the hanamachi -- Entertaining Americans -- Hot springs -- Pumpkin's surprise -- Heart dies -- Forgiveness -- Memoirs of another kind. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | For private home use only. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; production designer, John Myhre ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; music by John Williams ; cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma ; violin solos by Itzhak Perlman. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Ziyi Zhang (Sayuri), Ken Watanabe (Chairman), Michelle Yeoh (Mameha), Koji Yakusho (Nobu), Youki Kudoh (Pumpkin), Kaori Momoi (Mother), Tsai Chin (Auntie), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Baron), Suzuka Ohgo (Chiyo), Gong Li (Hatsumomo). |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Rated PG-13; for mature subject matter and some sexual content. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.40:1. |
| Language Note: | In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned in English. |
| Awards Note: | Academy Awards, 2006 Best Achievement in Art Direction-John Myhre (art director), Gretchen Rau (set decorator); Best Achievement in Cinematography-Dion Beebe; Best Achievement in Costume Design-Colleen Atwood; Golden Globes, 2006 Best original score-Motion Picture, John Williams. |
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