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economist sunsuntribune arts culture saturday dec 10 2005 15 gorgeous geisha stunning to watch anne brod on movies memoirs of a geisha starring ziyi zhang li gong michelle yeoh ken watanabe directed by rob marshall based on the book by arthur golden nitta sayuris transformation from fishing village waif to japans leading geisha is the stuff of book club fever of late fans around the globe are eating up the exotic yet painful story of a womans struggle to find wholeness the year is 1929 and nineyearold chiyo is sold into a tokyo geisha house her family can no longer care for her she serves the geishas preparing their clothes and makeup and running errands enduring beatings and humili ations from the house mother the geishas are high and mighty they can make men fall to their knees with one look eventually chiyo is renamed sayuri and begins her training she believes it will transform her freeing her from want and making her famous it requires mastering the arts of con versation song dance and flirtation while withholding sexual favours and love her eyes are bright blue giving her an advantage over other geishas its not long before sayuri is the most celebrated geisha in japan it makes die news when her virginity is sold for the highest price ever the glamourous geisha is shown to have a sad existence bereft of love in which no one can be trusted colleagues are bitter enemies and virginity is sold to the highest bidder no questions asked her clients are married and unavail able but shower her with presents attention and even adoration there are no misunderstandings besides shes in love with a man she met on a bridge once he bought her sweet eyes and gave her his hankie she was a child then when they meet again she is stunning in a silk kimono elaborate geisha hair and makeup with all the confidence in the world he doesnt know it is an act the geisha world is like a beehive filled with stinging and gorgeous insects all focused on the prize wealth and all doomed to a single life and a dubious one when they become old many are soulless they have had their joy and trust taken away from them in servitude to their men and their owners theyre not called slaves but in the end thats what their lives amount to beau tifully dressed and behaved slavery mr marshall who got the gig to direct the film after the runaway success of chicago seems at home with the intricacies of the book and indeed of japanese culture his film is beautifully of the liver acute hepatic failure alagilles syndrrae andersons disease biliary fistula bylers disease cancer of the liver carolis disease cholangiocarcinoaa- cholecystitis choledocholithiasis cholesteryl ester storage diseases coris disease griglerna jar syndrome fight over 100 diseases with one donation these are just a feu- of the over 100 liverrelated illnesses that threaten the liees of more than 2 million canadian men women ami children ior 25 wrs now the canadian liar foundation has hem leading the fight against liter 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