Sayuri's first geisha dance

Sayuri the new geisha is dancing now

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[kittenbut1]

Well, it is wrong. The hair styles are not right for one.maiko have explicity hair styles, these look like puffy buns. Also, her lips are fully painted which indicates her as a senior maiko but she has the dangling flowers of a first year maiko. Mineko even said herself this story is potrayed wrong. I apperciate the culture more than you seeing as you rely on a movie.

[FlamencoChe]

My ex-girlfriend played background, but I couldn't see her. At least, I couldn't distinctly recognize her. My guess is that she appeared in the scene at the bridge when the Chairman meets Sayuri for the first time. My impression of the film? It is EXQUISITE! Beautiful!

[porta0toda1la2vida]

Are you kidding me? This it not a geisha from Gion, like the book and the mvie says. Is a oiran!

[cheekylilsnotrag]

@kittenbut1, I'm sorry, but this is what you sound like:

"Nyah nyah I googled geisha culture and you didn't, I like Japan more than you do, so take that, random youtuber."

Dude. It's a movie. They never get details right and 95% of the time it doesn't matter. The movie never claimed to be historically accurate, it's just entertainment. It's a pretty movie. Calm down.

[SuperElleBaby]

@smithamymae absolutely right! The movie wanted to capture the feeling of something that is breathtakingly beautiful and impressive. It doesn't have to be perfectly accurate.

[oliball123]

@kittenbut1 well what do you expect

still a pretty cool movie

[487Cindy]

LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!

[goodytwoshoesdancer]

Every since Ive seen this movie it has become one of my all time favorites and Ive always wanted to do a lyrical ballet type dance with these type of fans, I just don't know where to get the fans from

[smithamymae]

@kittenbut1 also if you had watched the extras for the movie you would know that the designer wanted to modernise the traditional look of a Geisha for a western view. The lips were made fuller for example to relate to the idea of fuller lips being more attractive in a western culture. I agree that it is not the most historically accurate film, but we are not watching a history film, we are watching memoirs of a Geisha!! ps. I LOVE JAPAN!

[Anulik96]

@kittenbut1 You are definitely right about the hairstyles. But I still love the movie. As a film, its amazing and it opened up a whole new culture to me. As for the lips, I don't think hers are fully painted. Its just the white covers the portion thats not painted which makes it look like just part of the skin. So I'm not sure you're right on that but you definitely could be. But you have your facts straight and I'm happy someone did research too! =D

[NobodyOfTheTardis]

@kittenbut1 The Maikos often wore a bun that resembled a spilt peach and was very suggestive to the men. But you don't see many in the film.

[NobodyOfTheTardis]

@kittenbut1 The director said they were looking to show the geisha with a sort of Paris runway inspired change to the more traditional appearance. It's like when they did the film Hua Mulan: It is based on a poem , but in the poem there is no love story. Yet the director put a love story in as his little twist. No idea why they do it but I know what you're getting at. It annoys me too.