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Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
· Movie
· 146 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2335
- IMDb #1457
- Google retired #709
- Rotten Tomatoes #3175
- Metacritic #2758
- Letterboxd #1964
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4500
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1300
- Metacritic Critics #3002
- Metacritic Audience #2141
- Criticker #1813
- Douban #998
- Kinopoisk #279
- AlloCiné #875
- Trakt #841
Every rating
35–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 35, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 44, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young girl from a fishing village is sold into slavery to a geisha house in Kyoto. Under the tutelage of a renowned geisha, she is trained in the rigorous and artistic arts of the geisha tradition. She must navigate a world of strict tradition, fierce rivalries, and the upheavals of World War II to achieve her destiny.
Details
- Director
- Rob Marshall
- Writer
- Robin Swicord
- Based on
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Released
- 6 December 2005
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $85.0M
- Box office
- $162.2M
- Awards
- 29 wins, 37 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 66 →7 major awards won · 29 wins from 66 nominations across 29 ceremonies
| Grammy Award 2007 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | John Williams | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Cinematography | Dion Beebe | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Art Direction | John Myhre, Gretchen Rau | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild 2006 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | John Myhre | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award 2006 | Best Composer | John Williams | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Original Score | John Williams | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Art Direction | John Myhre, Gretchen Rau | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Dion Beebe | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Wylie Stateman | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Award
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Composer | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Picture | Memoirs of a Geisha | Nominee |
| Best Soundtrack | Memoirs of a Geisha | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | John Myhre | Winner |
Grammy Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | John Williams | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Dion Beebe | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Best Film Music | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Kate Biscoe, Lyndell Quiyou, Kelvin R. Trahan, Noriko Watanabe | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | John Myhre | Nominee |
GoldSpirit Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Drama Score | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Score | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Drama Theme | "Becoming a Geisha" | Nominee |
| Best Drama Theme | "Sayuri's Theme and End Credits" | Nominee |
| Best Romantic Theme | "The Chairman's Waltz" | Nominee |
| Best Theme | "Becoming a Geisha" | Nominee |
California on Location Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Location Professional of the Year | Mike Fantasia | Winner |
| Production Company/Location Team of the Year | Winner |
Hollywood Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Costume Designer of the Year | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Producer of the Year | Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick | Winner |
IFMCA Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams | Winner |
| Film Score of the Year | Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams | Winner |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Gong Li | Winner |
| Top Ten Films | Memoirs of a Geisha | Winner |
Satellite Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Robin Swicord | Winner |
| Best Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | John Myhre | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Dion Beebe | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Rob Marshall | Nominee |
| Best Film | Memoirs of a Geisha | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Gong Li | Nominee |
Gold Derby Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | John Myhre, Gretchen Rau | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Dion Beebe | Nominee |
| Best Makeup/Hair | Kate Biscoe | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR | Winner | |
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Music | Ramiro Belgardt, Kenneth Karman, Kenneth Wannberg | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Sound Effects & Foley | Nominee |
Young Artist Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Young Actress | Suzuka Ohgo | Winner |
| Best Family Drama Feature Film | Memoirs of a Geisha | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Dion Beebe | Winner |
Australian Cinematographers Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| International Award | Dion Beebe | Winner |
Australian Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Filmmaking | Dion Beebe | Winner |
Costume Designers Guild
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Period Film | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Silver Ribbon | Pietro Scalia | Winner |
British Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Dion Beebe | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Best Casting for a Drama Feature Film | Francine Maisler | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Sexiest Performance | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Zhang Ziyi (also for 2046 ) | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Robert Stromberg, Julia Frey, Paul Graff, Adam Watkins | Nominee |