Arthur Golden’s 1997 novel “Memoirs of a Geisha” is an addictive read: an involving, almost Dickensian tale of a young woman’s rise from poverty in a fishing village to fame as a Kyoto geisha in the ...

CANNES, France - Actress Gong Li made a head-turning return to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, but the "Memoirs of a Geisha" star said she's disappointed at the absence of Chinese films at ...

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Gong Li became a star in Zhang Yimou’s 1988 “Red Sorghum,” her film debut. Since then, she has headlined dozens of films from China, Hollywood and elsewhere; she says the new “Leap” offered her “the ...

Gong Li is a toughie. The severe planes of her face, the military erectness of her posture, the snarl she puts in her voice, all give an irresistible insolence to China’s first international star ...

Gong Li, mainland China’s first superstar actress, is a toughie. Something in her glance, her posture, her soul knows that passion is pain, to be dished out or endured. It’s an iron will that ...

The Japanese have been making movies about geishas for years: quiet, contemplative and sad films that ponder the fates of women sold into a life of sexual servitude. Even though they were clearly in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Other than proving that you can make a lousy movie about Japan using Chinese actors and American ...

An enclave of ultra-exclusivity and exoticism circa pre-WWII Japan provides the unmistakable allure of “Memoirs of a Geisha,” based on Arthur Golden’s acclaimed 1997 novel, which the New Yorker called ...