| Release Date | 29 November 2005 |
| Budget | $85,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $57,000,000 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | American River, Sacramento, California, USA |
| Language | Japanese, English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Period Film, Romantic Drama |
| Mood | High on Emotion |
| Themes | Orphans, Unrequited Love, Star-Crossed Lovers, Servants and Employers, Class Differences |
| Tones | Sweeping, Lavish, Atmospheric, Sentimental, Decadent |
| Tags | Dance [art], Father, Fishing Village, Geisha, Orphan, Training |
Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 film adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment and by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. It was directed by Rob Marshall. It was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks. It stars Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, and Suzuka Ohgo. Ohgo plays the younger Sayuri in the movie, which was filmed in southern and northern California and in several locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu temple and the Fushimi Inari shrine.