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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Film · 2h 26m · Rated PG-13

Drama, Romance

A young girl navigates a life of duty and desire in a world of exquisite, melancholy beauty.

Romantic and intimate. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

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Memoirs of a Geisha parents guide

For a PG-13, this one goes further: moderate sex and nudity. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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What is Memoirs of a Geisha about?

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.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byRob Marshall
StarringZhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Suzuka Ohgo, Kaori Momoi

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