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Karl Yune Joins Cast of Memoirs of a Geisha
By James Wray Sep 21, 2004, 15:32 GMT
Karl Yune (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid) has joined the cast for Memoirs of a Geisha. He will join a cast already including Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Gong Li, and Koji Yakusho in this movie adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.
Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house.
We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
Yune will play Koichi, the love interest to Geisha Hatsumomo played by Gong Li.
You can read more on the book here.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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