I have to admit, I loved the dance scenes. Talk about eye candy! Very very very cool. The hairstyles were a bit off, though. If you've seen actual pictures of Geisha hairdos, they're nothing like the film versions, so minus a point or two for historical accuracy.
But the thing that really makes me hate this film (and subtracts several million points) is that everyone treats it as if it was a documentary, when in reality this story is pure fiction. What this film needs is a disclaimer, "The guy who wrote the book that this movie is based on had a cup of tea with a real geisha and then made a bunch of stuff up." I would go so far as to call it slander. Geisha are not prostitutes as they claim in the movie and in the book. There are prostitutes in Japan, and sometimes those prostitutes do get their virginity auctioned off, but those people are not affiliated with the Geisha. I say, if you want to learn about the life of a Geisha, check out Mineko Iwasaki's autobiography, "Geisha: A Life" and stay away from this drivel.
But the thing that really makes me hate this film (and subtracts several million points) is that everyone treats it as if it was a documentary, when in reality this story is pure fiction. What this film needs is a disclaimer, "The guy who wrote the book that this movie is based on had a cup of tea with a real geisha and then made a bunch of stuff up." I would go so far as to call it slander. Geisha are not prostitutes as they claim in the movie and in the book. There are prostitutes in Japan, and sometimes those prostitutes do get their virginity auctioned off, but those people are not affiliated with the Geisha. I say, if you want to learn about the life of a Geisha, check out Mineko Iwasaki's autobiography, "Geisha: A Life" and stay away from this drivel.