Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Role: The Baron
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Ken Wantanbe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Yuki Kudo, Koji Yakusho, Karl Yune, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Memoirs of a Geisha (or “Sayuri”) is an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning movie adaptation of the international best-seller by Arthur Golden, produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and directed by Rob Marshall. It was filmed in southern and northern California and in several locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu-dera temple and the Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine.
Notes: Excellent (and gorgeous) movie! If you haven’t watched it yet, go get it. If you have, go watch it again! If you’re actually watching it right now… you rock.