Memoirs of a geisha  [videorecording]  
Columbia Pictures Corporation ; DreamWorks SKG ; Spyglass Entertainment ; Amblin Entertainment ; Red Wagon Productions ; produced by Lucy Fisher, Steven Spielberg, Douglas Wick ; written by Robin Swicord ; directed by Rob Marshall. 
 - Widescreen version. 
 - Culver City, Calif. :  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,  [2006] 
 - 2 videodiscs (ca. 145 min.) :  digital. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Title from container.  Based on the novel by Arthur Golden.  Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.  Special features: 11 behind-the-scenes featurettes including 'The look of a geisha', 'The music of the film', Geisha bootcamp', 'A geisha's dance'; director Rob Marshall and co-producer John DeLuca audio commentary; production audio commentary. 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; art directors, Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr., Tomas Voth ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; original music score, John Williams ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, John Myhre.  Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; art directors, Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr., Tomas Voth ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; original music score, John Williams ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, John Myhre. 
<br/><br/>Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Li Gong, Tsai Chin. 
<br/><br/> In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature subject matter and some sexual content. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; English track: Dolby digital 5.1; French track: Dolby digital 5.1. 
<br/><br/><br/>With separate English and French tracks and English and French subtitles; closed-captioned. 
<br/><br/> Golden Globes, USA, 2006: Golden Globe - Best original score - Motion Picture (John Williams) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1424807824  10.00 1424807824 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>043396111592 043396142411 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label> 14241 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geishas--Japan--Kyoto--Drama.<br/>Social skills--Study and teaching--Japan--Kyoto--Drama.<br/>Mentoring--Japan--Kyoto--Drama.<br/>Women--Conduct of life--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films.<br/>Romance drama.<br/>Historical films.<br/>Films for the hearing impaired.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.J34  / M466577 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72