Memoirs of a Geisha: An Impressive Dance (4K HD CLIP)

Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang) dances in her first solo performance to impress her suitors and raise the price on her mizuage.
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... a visually stunning adaptation of Arthur Golden's best-selling novel. (Barry Caine, OAKLAND TRIBUNE) The director of Chicago, Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. A Cinderella story like no other, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li. "Gorgeously photographed, meticulously directed and hypnotically acted. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA is luxurious, ethereal and intoxicating. It will leave you breathless." (Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER)

[@CeltycSparrow]

This scene is stunning. The music...the snow...her costume.....the elegance and grace of her every move as she dances. Its breathtaking. Particularly when she made every step look flawlessly perfect in those insanely high shoes.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Fun fact: Zhang Ziyi actually messed up several takes because she kept tripping in them

[@brianaguilar8283]

@Christina Scott the movie got 6 academy award nominations though

[@Dani-so5mg]

@Christina Scott It's just a movie, not a documentary I doubt that anyone that really wants to know history would turn to this to learn something

[@moosessurus8172]

@Christina Scott your comments are hilariously ironic considering you yourself are a westerner. Someone named fucking “Christina Scott” is seriously out here trying to lecture as though she knows anything about Japan, I can’t lmao

[@captainfoxheart]

@Christina Scott this is not a betrayal of Geisha this is a story of the war and these women it's not a generalization. And if you don't understand this time of Japanese history that this would be semiacurate don't be rude

[@allyforester46n2]

It was this dance that Hatsumomo realized Sayuri was Top Geisha and that nothing she could do would ever top this performance. You see it on her face when Sayuri is dancing. ❤

[@Calixtus]

What I am impressed is that the child Chiyo looks like the adult Sayuri.

[@Arnethabennett15478]

This is a really at adult?

[@Calixtus]

@@Arnethabennett15478 There is a child version of the adult Sayuri in the show.

[@Arnethabennett15478]

@@Calixtus Sayuri we have to see likely showing this like about dance?

[@allshookup1640]

⁠@@Arnethabennett15478well she is 9 in 1929. This takes place right before WWII so let’s say this is 1938 when things are stirring and we still have a bit of time for the plot to thicken before war breaks out. She’d be 19.

[@Arnethabennett15478]

Allshookup1640 Everything is like to see years ago a geisha was a Kyoto Japan with an old Asian American?

[@jonathancineus6424]

Me trying to sneak into the house late at night without waking up my parents.

[@Kaydeep94]

Why is this drunk me last night though

[@hestiak2302]

looool

[@ralexande]

да 😂

[@cubemissy]

🤣

[@Vamika1995]

There are always people out there who's only job is to make fun of other culture, just because they don't have any culture of their own. So sad, isn't it?

[@yoshisisland24]

I love that she is in love with the chairman, which is so fucked up on its own, but because you are in her perspective, its extremely romantic and intense

[@zonedutopia]

She even says it's memoirs of a geisha so for others it's tragic but for a geisha it's more than any could ask of

[@salo.ortegaherrera3]

Chiyo's beauty is insane, and Mameha's too, i love this movie, it’s a masterpiece !

[@Tubie1111]

No, it's not. They aren't Japanese.

[@Hollyucinogen]

Dude, read the book, trust me. It's so good. 😩

[@cristoph_v]

​@@Tubie1111 so what? They're truly beautiful

[@jasonellis4330]

​@LLidiaSyefanya99 they never said they were Japanese

[@Hollyucinogen]

@@Tubie1111 So? Her point was that they're beautiful (they are), not that they're Japanese. Save your fake virtue-signaling for a different comment thread. Nobody under the age of 18 cares about this. (Oh, and before you try to accuse me of being a racist, I'm not white. 🙂)

[@amyj.4992]

Her graceful and artistic expression, of everything she's ever been through and experienced. Made her a beautiful performance artist. Her childhood training through the trauma has paid off significantly

[@amyj.4992]

You can see the energy of her childhood struggles memories in her dance scene 🤩❤️

[@Todo-1996]

Yeah people who can channel their life experiences and trauma into something good are very powerful ❤

[@TheMuseSway]

I remember reading this book in high school and loving it.

[@TheMuseSway]

@Cherish God I checked it out on my school library.

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

@Cherish God I don't recommend I hated

[@zwischenburkaundbikini2418]

It is incredibly orientalist and fetishizes asian women. The author made geishas look like prostitutes. THEY ARE NOT!!!!

[@zwischenburkaundbikini2418]

@Naomie-O neither do I. It is about the lack of authentizity and the orientalism, not about the author's skin colour. Even the geisha who was his "inspiration" complained that her words were twisted.

[@monkcers]

I read it also when I was in high school and this dance never took place in the book if I remember correctly.

[@larainethorpe2847]

I love this scene.this performance makes me think of the story of Yuki onna. One of my favorite Japanese folktales

[@user-pl7hj4km7m]

山神的女兒

[@kathylingerfield9836]

It's not Japanese folk tale at all 😭 it was written by an American and geisha do not dance like this

[@ladyfire44]

This more of the story "The Emperor and his Courtesan". The setting was placed in Japan, but the story is told the same. The film had Sayuri take on the Empress who dies a painful death after catching her husband with his courtesan

[@annagusto6133]

@@kathylingerfield9836 you should read the comment again, I would suggest. The person was saying, that Yuka onna is their favorite folktale not the movie depicted here obviously.

[@varoonnone7159]

I know it's not an accurate movie but it still magnifies Japan's refined High Culture

[@1COMIXMAN]

You know your good when every eye in the place is on you and are mesmerized. Every man wants you every woman wants to be you.

[@luci4087]

to those who liked the female lead, zhang zi yi, in this movie then you should check her out in the chinese drama, the rebel princess. she does an excellent job acting there.

[@afroaesthete3701]

Rebel Princess was AMAZING. You have good taste ☺️

[@kiwimusume]

Sounds interesting, thanks for the rec!

[@angeluss28]

Zhang Ziyi is amazing. I also loved her on Crouching tigger Hidden dragon.

[@airannatopaz8643]

Phenomenal everything about it this is my favorite movie and my favorite part and she looks so beautiful extraordinary elegant classy and she had everybody eating out of her hands

[@gerryleb8575]

zihi zhang is just a gift to the world. she danced brilliantly in the thousand dagger film, and here. she was the emotional center of crouching tiger hidden dragon. she is also the center of the lesser-known film, the grandmaster.

[@hoodjonjon1]

She could play the heck out of daki for a live action demon slayer

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

why do people constantly talk about demon slayer...

[@hoodjonjon1]

@@BriarMaeriSibyle because they can

[@Arthalmia]

Daki has always had Hatsumomo Vibes in my opinion

[@Lara-vo6rp]

@@BriarMaeriSibyle its a popular anime ig but it is annoying when some people bring it up to compare it to japanese traditional culture when its not even accurate or relevant maybe because its japanese so anime fans compare fiction to reality

[@berriepopkins2345]

she would never

[@user-uu3kf7xk9l]

The way everyone looks at her! ➡️ 😍🤩

[@DragonGoddess18]

I love Memoirs of a Geisha This is one of my favorite scenes

[@whatevaiwant]

i just watched this movie for the first time today. can't believe it took me 18 years to recognize this masterpiece🤯. the second this scene came out, i swear i was speechless. it's incredible!!!

[@whaaat3632]

She looks like Hatsumomo to me. I always felt the dance was about the powerlessness of Geisha and her wanting to escape it.

[@sophiae2794]

Thats not Geisha. The tall shoes, foot movements and the kimono layering of silk is all Oiran. Which a lot of people mistake for Gashia.

[@cheyennecolin5546]

That’s what I was thinking when I first saw this like why does she have Oiran garments in this scene? Was it meant for the performance or…?

[@em8842]

I believe this is supposed to be a play that she's acting in as the main character, so she's probably dressed up an Oiran for the part.

[@angeluss28]

Because in the book Mameha was supposed to do this dance cause she is the more renounced Geisha with more standing. I dont know why they changed that. Mameha would be the real reason to dreass like Oiran.

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

okay, first, the tall shoes are not an oiran's koma geta... they're completely solid, whereas an oiran's shoes are forked. and she's literally just wearing a kimono that's more detailed... that doesn't make it the same sort of kimono an oiran would wear. you're basically just saying you have no idea what an oiran is lol because this is not what an oiran looks like. this movie is also extremely westernized, so acting like it has any historical accuracy is just setting yourself up for disappointment

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

@@em8842 she definitely isn't dressed up as an oiran.

[@denabatt]

One of my favorite movies and this part also. I was thinking of this yesterday and it pops up on my feed, crazy.

[@yasukohosono7771]

こんな踊りの流派はないだろうなぁ。。。異次元の花街。

[@OhEmilyRosa]

Not sure if this is supposed to be folklore type of dance but to me I always interpreted the dance as a girl going out in a snow storm and dying. Parallel to the geishas wanting freedom.

[@NikkiGloom]

Gong Li was always gorgeous but Ziyi is amazing more so!

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

Now shes hunting godzilla..what a start

[@deedeebeads]

One of the best scenes, I ve seen this movie 3 times

[@regina_9769]

The fact that these actors and actresses are mainly Chinese is impressive to watch their work

[@BriarMaeriSibyle]

well. i mean. they did all go through 'geisha bootcamp'

[@animestudent3885]

But, I think this movie got banned in China and Japan lol.

[@bobbelcher678]

@@animestudent3885the film was released in Japan and China. The reviews were generally positive in Japan despite having Chinese actresses in main roles because Zhang Ziyi is pretty popular in Japan

[@patriceesela5000]

Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh are some of Chinas most beautiful, most gracious women in history

[@zohramartini9425]

Isn't Michelle Yeoh Malaysian though? They are certainly Asian beauties :)

[@patriceesela5000]

@@zohramartini9425 She might be Malaysian Chinese

[@AA-mp8bj]

Don't forget Lucy Liu

[@eamonndeane587]

@@AA-mp8bj And Maggie Cheung

[@yaemiko8571]

@@AA-mp8bj Lucy Liu is american

[@kellimoorer9032]

Best book i have ever read

[@Thisthatfour]

The geisha is me and the snow represents my responsibilities.

[@samuelmeow9049]

🤣

[@lethalloveablelibra]

I know the film received a lot of controversy because of the casting and other stuff, but I still love the beauty of the film as a whole and I really enjoyed it.

[@scraperindustry]

I adored this movie

[@driftangxl]

To me this dance is like experiencing grief. Her shoes being the heavy burden and the ending of coming into acceptance.

[@ShadowPrincess87]

This impressive dance is me trying to walk in heels falling over and crying after

[@melissamear5391]

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

[@ryanbrailey-tucker4935]

For me...it was all about tje allure and beauty of Gong Li!

[@Vamika1995]

Very interesting , it's true that I didn't understand it but it was lovely to see.

[@LuluNew100]

This is breathless ❤❤❤❤

[@phianvlog4393]

I love this scene too..

[@mariannefalk2717]

Loved the film

[@hollyhayes9640]

The book is good, too. I recommend it. 👍

[@j.p.3513]

Amazing scene :-) ❤

[@lindaclark1406]

Beautiful.

[@inkheart151]

Those blocks look really hard to walk in. She's really talented if she mastered that in MONTHS without breaking an ankle!

[@einezcrespo2107]

In the book it was Mameha who performed the dance.

[@Alusnovalotus]

But why?

[@einezcrespo2107]

@@Alusnovalotus It's in the book. Mameha dances this part of a woman who lost her husband. It's not even a solo part. She was partnered with another geisha. She's always guaranteed a lead part. Since the film focused on Sayuri they wrote that she dances the part. If you haven't read the book, I recommend it. Also book Mameha is far wittier than the film version.

[@tatianawilson9187]

I need to reread the book, I remember Mameha having the main role was the reason why her whatever was values so high and that's how she got the idea to get Sayuri

[@user-yj9br6eq4k]

Beautiful

[@Cablecol]

Mesmerizing 💞💞💞💞

[@ritsakara3476]

And this film was grate.

[@whitehotdawg1042]

Graceful

[@Titanium_station]

Hatsumomo is so beautiful

[@anna.9506.]

Perfect

[@SilkeLucht-vu7lo]

Der beeindruckendste Tanz, den ich kenne

[@MilkaMilanova-rn9nf]

The 4 seasons life❤

[@yassiem3657]

me trying to stay balance while drunk as fuck

[@Carmna1129]

Wonderful movie

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

For me gong li is the beautifullest asian woman❤❤

[@hazeeqrazak]

The moment when hatsumoto realised that chiyo didn't ended hatso's geisha career,but already went downfall when chiyo has always been in the geisha world

[@milicaivanovic9459]

I wish that visit beautiful Japan

[@caryoulwhitty]

Reminds me of an Alexander McQueen fashion show. Very cool

[@TanukiDigital]

Very something.

[@anwarrazali4447]

Nobody can dance like zhang yi

[@shena1256]

This whole film was visually delicious

[@appointedvillainy]

Decedent and delectable

[@kennedykingmaniii]

scrumdiddlyumptious

[@nonexistent2335]

They used two kabuki songs for this with their own spin of course, yet this is spectacular!

[@suwaidajalal]

Much as I love these three fantastic actresses, I really wish they'd hired a Japanese cast and had them speak in Japanese.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

Lots of ppl do. 🤷‍♀️ point is. Still a good movie.

[@inMuro]

Yes it certainly didn't age well beyond 2005, it is so cringey to watch the making of with all these white Americans talking about the movie and the culture like they have the right to do so. Would love a Japanese Geisha film someday :)

[@BlackJezuz69]

Problem solved: Just watch it dubbed in japanese xD

[@animestudent3885]

​@@BlackJezuz69 They have Japanese dub too?

[@BlackJezuz69]

@@animestudent3885 I think I saw it when I watched it yesterday. Check it out you might get lucky!

[@damirbabic7403]

B e a u t y f u l l geisha snow lady arrigato arrigato Beautyful scene ever 😍👍❤❤❤❤❤

[@sinikkartistry]

Me going downstairs getting a latenight snack. 😢

[@user-jm9sl9ed1t]

no wonder she won lots of awards in just one movie,this movie catapulted her career so widely ❤🎉🎉🎉

[@tessdurberville711]

She is lucky that she still had a career after this disaster.

[@user-dc7jf4qc3z]

Wow

[@MarkKovnatskiy]

There's just one small problem: this whole scene has nothing to do with a real geiko dance. It is intended for those who have no idea about Japanese culture at all.

[@tubechic71]

I would have broken my ankle in those shoes. Wow.

[@carlosr8359]

1:11 THIS PART!!!!!

[@xtradelite903]

“You are Geisha! “

[@scarletshield009]

Yuki onna style

[@lazyles875]

I love her name david.

[@Satanna.avemaria]

Can’t say I was too enamoured with this movie. Be nice to see another film adaption that that does the book more justice or not touch it at all. But it was the same with the Mulan movie, another country, another culture and yet Disney botched it up

[@indimay7339]

Bro the author of the book wasn’t even Japanese he was american

[@TGmrz]

the cinematography is what really makes this movie stunning

[@pandora2456]

Honey the book was written by an American man telling his fantasy about being a Geisha women lmao

[@WideAwakeAsleep]

I agree. It was a visually beautiful film, but as someone who read the book first, I was really mad to see them adopting more modern hairstyles e.g. Mameha wearing her hair down, which is a big no-no for Geisha.

[@Arthalmia]

@@pandora2456 he actually spoke to a Geisha to help him write it. Unfortunately he changed many things to make the story more appealing (eg. The deflowering ceremony) and revealed the geisha's name, even though she had forbidden him to do it. Mineko Iwasaki wrote another book telling her real story (as you can imagine, it shares some similarities with Sayuri's but it's more realistic)

[@heathertiller89]

This is why no one wants me at their parties. ❤❤❤❤😂😂

[@grayden4138]

Haven't seen this in years but it's odd to realize these years later that the main female characters are played by Chinese women, but the main male characters are played by Japanese(-descended) men.

[@hatsunemikuchannel2023]

1:33: Sagi Musume! 😯😯😊😊

[@debi.nemo82]

A movie similar to this ,umrao jaan i love it !! By Aishwarya rai

[@amyj.4992]

They had her depict the Yuki Onna in this scene

[@luuciferlorelei1565]

What's the name of the song?

[@shadiacamilaocanahidalgo2516]

It's ironic culturaly speaking that scene it's wrong by people already do this! But still being so beautiful to see.

[@missluna]

When I first saw this movie I thought she was drunk dancing

[@Tubie1111]

This movie made me mad because they didn't use an all Japanese cast. Especially the lead characters.

[@ErniJuliaKok]

This movie will even be better if dubbed in Japanese, the Kyoto or Gion dialect.

[@DamirBabic-xc5po]

She appears in dreams...Geisha lady snowblood 😍🤩🙏💖🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@perropolis]

My Boyfriend: How dramatic you can be? Me:

[@osmanthus_branch]

i never understood why hatsumomo never befriended chiyo. she could have easily used her beauty to get her to inherit the okiya while also controlling her. after losing her sister, chiyo had nothing else other than chairman and i am pretty sure she would not care much for the okiya if she managed to get his attention and affection

[@user-sn1fy1gm9d]

She was too proud

[@osmanthus_branch]

@@user-sn1fy1gm9d and that was her downfall. it is sad, if she played her cards properly she could have inherited the okiya by using chiyo and also gotten the man she loved

[@normanbraslow7902]

This dance is authentic as a three dollar bill.

[@ladyweasellou3367]

Yeah that annoys me too

[@pativi6643]

@Athanasia It has been quite westernized for a movie I guess. It is beautiful, but that's not how it looks like, or what it is supposed to represent. I recommend you searching for Traditional Japanese Dance by Maiko.

[@elisabethhughes6005]

Then don’t watch. Go somewhere else and try to be happy. Norman.

[@justbg]

@@elisabethhughes6005 I mean to be fair there aren't many geisha films out there. It does suck that one with such good actresses and such a high budget paid no attention to any authenticity at all. The dance is definitely completely incorrect, the mode of dance would be called modern dance even by todays standards, but also the makeup is a little painful. The lipstick and eyeliner and mascara it's all so Western it's just strange and out of place.

[@elisabethhughes6005]

@@justbg okay. I mean this is just entertainment and not a documentary. Entertainment is never accurate. Almost any culture has been cartoon-ized. It’s almost what people expect. You’ve obviously educated yourself highly about geisha or Japanese traditional culture. We can hardly expect others to be on that level.

[@fatking9231]

Anyone know the song?

[@kennedykingmaniii]

Does anybody know what instruments are being used? I’ve never heard anything like it. I love it.

[@DrinkYourNailPolish]

I beleive shamisan, flute maybe a biwa or even a koto?

[@davidwebber5953]

Can not think of that poor child it’s very difficult

[@tobiasmuller6232]

Nett 😘

[@user-oc2uw3on5b]

😢❤

[@DalgemYerem_KTBT]

El Benterplug An Impressive Dance De Memoirs Of A Geisha Forma Parte Del Proyecto Hekternaxtami.

[@eslee0070020]

일본 문화 영화인데 여주인공들은 다 중국배우들이네 ㅎ 그나 저나 공리랑 장쯔이 미모 진짜 미쳤네 ㅋ ㅋ 어떻게 다 저렇게 우아하게 이쁘지?

[@roseb8660]

Arent their dances supposed to tell stories What was that dance supposed to mean

[@DrinkYourNailPolish]

A geisha blown about by wind, unable to control her density

[@GaiasLullaby]

I love how she became top Geisha when she couldn't practice the art as punishment her, and if the Chairman didn't give her the opportunity before it was too late she wouldn't have been so famous

[@appointedvillainy]

One of the *BEST* cinematographic moments in film. 🧧🎎🪭🏮

[@user-jg9rp5qf4g]

These kinds of inauthentic, super westernized scenes always make me conflicted. On the one hand it's essential to expose people to various cultural practices. On the other, there's the argument that perhaps no exposure is better than deliberately inauthentic exposure for the purpose of entertainment.

[@fairuzazli6468]

So u can do it urself

[@2EKgn16]

@@fairuzazli6468 That's what I don't understand, when anybody from a particular culture or ethnicity complains (and rightfully so in some cases). It is our responsibility to tell our own story, yet we hardly ever do....but find the energy to complain when others do it on their own terms.

[@boop9430]

I agree! I love that they’re sharing traditional Asian culture through mainstream Western media, I just wish they’d do it in a more authentic way

[@katieblake3023]

@@2EKgn16 I mean only a few ever have access to this level of production and exposure. You say it as if it were a walk around the corner that anybody can access at whim lol. They would be right to criticize especially when their culture is so butchered or disrespected that it contributes further to perpetuating misconceptions of their own culture to the West, further misrepresenting them.

[@kiwimusume]

@@fairuzazli6468It is physically impossible for me to do the job of every incompetent nincompoop in the world, so maybe, and I know this is a RADICAL idea, these studios could stick to producing movies about things they’re actually willing to treat with respect.

[@CC3193]

How did they create the snow? What did they use?

[@Feed-My-Mind-Not-My-Ego]

Snow from Alaska.

[@kezia-lemonthorne2507]

Maybe the same thing the would use on any theatre.

[@khushlovie4007]

in the past asbestos.. though a very harmful substance was used to create snow

[@paulagleicee]

It is not so old… the story of the movie took place on 20th century, before the second war

[@Crystal5672cats]

@@paulagleicee Yes, but the movie was made in 2005, let’s hope they no longer used early 20th century props.