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Memoirs of a Geisha

Movie·2005·Drama, Romance, History·2h 26m·7.6 (3,401)·Directed by Rob Marshall

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In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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Zhang ZiyiZhang ZiyiSayuriGong LiGong LiHatsumomoMichelle YeohMichelle YeohMamehaKen WatanabeKen WatanabeLe présidentSuzuka OhgoSuzuka OhgoChiyoKaori MomoiKaori MomoiLa mèreKoji YakushoKoji YakushoNobuYouki KudohYouki KudohPumpkin

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