Japan Synopsis
“My world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries, it cannot survive.”
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
347 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Memoirs of a Geisha sits at position #60.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Memoirs of a Geisha. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Columbia Pictures
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Memoirs of a Geisha premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 26m runtime, production spent $582K per minute on screen and earned $1.1M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #879 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #365 of 1,933 (top 19%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 26m |
| Release Date | December 6, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0397535 |
| Official Site | www.sonypictures.com |