Hatsumomo becomes jealous of not what Chiyo is now but what she can potentially become.Ĭhiyo enrolls in a geisha school, formally beginning her training. She finds a friend in Pumpkin (Youki Kudoh), a girl of her age, and an enemy in Hatsumomo (Gong Li), the sole active geisha of the Okiya and one of the two most prominent geisha of the city. Chiyo’s initial rebellious phase begins to wither away as she learns that there is little chance of finding her sister in the maze of tiled roofs that is the hanamachi. And Satsu is subsequently taken to a brothel.Ĭhiyo meets Kayoko “Mother” Nitta (Kaori Momoi), the current proprietor of the Okiya, and her predecessor, Grandmother (Kotoko Kawamura). After Auntie (Tsai Chin), one of the residents of the Nitta Okiya, sees both sisters, she only selects Chiyo. The two sisters are then taken to a hanamachi (the district where the geisha live and perform) in Kyoto.
After her mother falls ill, her father sells her and her sister Satsu, hoping that they will be accepted in a geisha house and send their earnings back home.
Born in a small fishing Hamlet by the ocean, Chiyo leads an impoverished life with her family.
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