This movie is grotesque because the composition of the movie is very complicated. The director is American Rob Marshall, the theme and background are one of Japan’s most prestigious geisha, and the starring role is the three most popular Chinese characters, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, and Zhang Ziyi. .
I am very curious to know how an American portrays the Eastern culture in his mind. What is even more curious is to see how Michelle Yeoh plays a gentle and affectionate geisha. After the two-hour movie was over, with the emotion that was shocked, I couldn't recover for a while. I think she may not be a good movie in the traditional sense, but in my heart, she is a classic.
With all due respect, before watching "Geisha", I always thought that the so-called geisha is a prostitute who can play and dance. But the geisha described in the movie is a carrier of a kind of culture, or it is a kind of culture in itself. Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi) was sold to Gion as well as her sister, but due to her appearance and temperament, her elder sister was sold as a prostitute, and Sayuri (sister) was sold as a geisha, and she began to learn various geisha skills, such as dancing and tea ceremony. Playing a musical instrument (Sanxian? Guitar?), of course, her sister also needs to learn, but she specializes in art. When I met Chu Tao (Gong Li) by chance, I was jealous of Chu Tao. As Yiyuan's top card, Chu Tao was also jealous of her by three points, and turned a blind eye to the man she raised outside. Hatsata's unclear hatred of Sayuri was probably due to her jealousy of Sayuri's appearance and her own arrogance. Sayuri was really shocked when she was young, especially with a pair of faint blue eyes, the person watching it really fell into the clouds and mist.
First Tao’s bullying of Sayuri directly contributed to Sayuri’s marriage with the chairman. Without First Tao, Sayuri would not destroy the kimono of Mia Yu (Michelle Yeoh), and would not be demoted to her mother Sang as a small slave or herself. A person crying by the bridge, of course, will not meet a mature and sexy chairman, Sayuri's life will not be so dramatic, maybe just a life like that, and finally was arrested as a comfort woman who went out with the army and died in a foreign land.
In the whole movie, you can ignore Zhang Ziyi, you can ignore Michelle Yeoh, you can ignore Gong Li, you can ignore everything. You can’t ignore Sayuri’s childhood actor, Suzuka Ohgo. From the time she left her home and was dragged onto the train, her eyes never escaped the sad background. When she stood alone by the bridge, everything in the world could collapse for her. . She has a kind of magic, which is to completely confuse people's heart by her eyes. She hits and carries water, so the whole film is constantly involved in the drizzle. From her faint blue eyes, we can feel the stubbornness, euphemism, sadness and sadness of life. Until the end of the film, Sayuri ran happily on the promenade, which is the most exciting part of the film. Sayuri has been running, for the ice that one person bought for her, and for the handkerchief that one person gave her.
After that, Zhang Ziyi has a more stubborn temperament, just like her. I think "Geisha" as a biographical film is more like the struggle history of the three beauties in the film. Michelle Yeoh is noble and elegant, and Gong Li is all in the dust. In contrast, Zhang Ziyi is more like a child. If Zhang Ziyi is Sayuri, then Michelle Yeoh is camellia, and Gong Li is more prosperous than roses. Chu Tao’s appearances are always stunning and gorgeous, and Zhen Meiyu is more elegant, including every move. What Zhen Meiyu reflects is more of a cultural tolerance. In all geishas, there is no People can do it. But when Chu Tao glanced back after the house was burned down, she finally returned to the geisha herself, reflecting the loneliness of the geisha from her glamorous back. Geishas have no love of their own, and can't even have their own emotions. Keep the people you love in your heart for a lifetime, or never love at all. Sayuri is happy, because there is a chairman who loves her, and Zhen Miyu is also happy. She is mature and stable and sees through the world, she must be a well-known female entrepreneur by now. The most pitiful is Chu Tao, who loves and hates her, living in the gap between herself and others, everything may not be what she wants, but she really doesn't know what she wants.
There is also a female character in "Geisha", which has been ignored by us all the time. The name is Little Pumpkin, a cute little girl, I think it's better to be called Little Chrysanthemum. It should be good if it is reasonable, but it is completely compared to the other four women, and it has been compared to the 19th floor of hell and will never be able to turn over. She may be the most ordinary side of a geisha, fighting for life, and finally compromising with life. When he was a child, he formed a strong contrast with Sayuri. I don't know if it was arranged deliberately by the director. After adulthood, there is no purity of Sayuri, no elegance of True Miyu, and no beauty of Chutao. Little Pumpkin is actually just Chutao’s puppet, but she just wants to live well. She never thought of participating in the disputes between women, having her own righteousness and her own life. It is precisely the simple wish that cannot be realized. This is the sorrow of Little Pumpkin, and it is also the sorrow of most people.
Some people say that Japanese culture is artificial, but it is also beautiful. The beauty is like the ornamentation on the kimono. The exquisiteness of Japanese culture has its own unique features, just as the broadness of Chinese culture has its own reasons. "Memoirs of a Geisha" is really a gluttonous feast for a sensory person like me.
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