The Secret Life of Geisha
The Secret Life of Geisha is a well-made and
intriguing overview of its subject. The 1999 television documentary
first aired on A&Ewhen Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha
was a red-hot book but still a long way from becoming a blockbuster
movie. As things turned out, Golden's intricately-researched novel
ironically was adapted into an alarmingly inauthentic movie that
ignored the book's primarily appeal. Though The Secret Life of
Geisha is not without problems of its own, it's a better source of
information for Westerners interested in learning more about this
singularly Japanese profession and cultural icon.
The 93-minute show is well-organized, with about a third of the
program devoted to an informative history of geisha, from their
introduction in Japan in the early 1600s, through the Edo Period,
Meiji Restoration, World War II, and the American Occupation. This is
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