Memoirs of a Geisha

Lovely period piece melodrama set in pre-world war II Japan. Such photography! Fine acting. Lovely twisty plot - Young fishing family girl is sold off to work as a servant in a geisha house in Kyoto. Separated from mom, dad, and her sister she suffers intense loneliness and confusion in her new world. But destiny serves her another life - a fine gentleman and network of friends work unseen politics to insure she becomes one of the finest geishas in Japan. Very impressive, an epic.