Adapted from Arthur's novel of the same name, the film was shot after Gao Dun interviewed Toyoko Iwasaki, the most famous geisha at that time, for 65,438+000 hours in Kyoto. Toyoko Iwasaki is the prototype of the memoirs of a geisha.
Descendants of declining nobles left home at an early age.
Toyoko Iwasaki, formerly known as Makiko Tanaka, 1949 was born in a declining aristocratic family in Kyoto. Her ancestors used to be officials of the emperor's courtiers, and her family was fertile and full of servants.
As the saying goes, "three generations are not rich." In Masako's father's generation, the huge family business began to decline and the family went from bad to worse. In order to make a living, Masako's father sent his daughters to the Geisha Museum, including Masako, who just turned 5.
Geisha are not prostitutes. They make a living by selling works of art and never sell their bodies. Compared with custom-made women, geisha have higher working threshold and higher training cost, and they need strict training before they can take up their posts.
Considering that the clients they receive are mostly upper-class people, geisha must be proficient in poetry, song and dance, tea ceremony, flower path, musical instruments and many other skills. Only in this way can they meet their noble taste.
In the process of learning, Masako showed great talent, and was recognized by the eye in the eight thousand generations of the four famous families Inoue, and became her key training object "heiress".
Under the persuasion of the master, Masako changed his name to "Fengzi Iwasaki" and became the legal heir of the Iwasaki family. She was forced to break up with her family in order to receive stricter training. For her, she has no close relatives, and the geisha house is her ultimate destination.
The cardamom girl won the championship in one fell swoop, and the envy and slander of her closest relatives.
/kloc-at the age of 0/5, Masako Iwasaki officially started his career as a geisha. At first, she ran in a teahouse, and with her good looks and detached temperament, she captured the hearts of a large number of men. There are many prominent figures such as millionaires and political celebrities among the frequent visitors. Smiling at Bomei, Fengzi's customers are willing to spend a lot of money on her, scrambling to buy expensive items to please her.
Fengzi is busy in business, and she has to go back and forth between more than 10 high-end restaurants and teahouses almost every night. After only one year in the business, her one-night performance was as high as $30,000, making her the highest-paid geisha in the industry, so she was awarded the title of "flower-based".
It is worth mentioning that this record has been won by Fengzi for six consecutive years, which shows her popularity.
Fengzi's dominance means that the interests of her peers must be violated, such as her biological sister Yaeko. Yaeko and Toyoko were sent to a geisha house by their father to study art in childhood. Unfortunately, her qualifications are average, and after years of hard training, her skills have not been very good. After entering the business, her business was bleak.
Later, Yaeko tied the knot with a client and retired at home after marriage. As a result, her marriage broke down. After the divorce, she lost her financial resources and had to return to her old job to support her family.
At that time, she was old and yellow. Where can anyone respect her? On the other hand, my sister Fengzi is dignified and surrounded by men. Yaeko couldn't help being jealous and slandering Toyoko everywhere.
Under the clarification of the master and friends, the gossip broke down, and Fengzi successfully saved the day. Nevertheless, the "stab in the back" from the closest relatives still made her hard to prevent, and at the same time brought her a serious psychological blow.
The Queen of England was jealous and turned away at her peak.
Fengzi is very popular. After completing the "collar ceremony" at the age of 2 1, she was even praised as a "national treasure" geisha. As the facade of the country, she began to entertain heads of state and politicians. American President Ford, Queen Elizabeth and others are her guests.
Once, Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip visited Japan and had dinner with Toyoko. During the dinner, the beauty around Prince Philip was like a cloud, and the left-out queen was jealous, taunting the geisha serving food on the grounds that she couldn't get used to Japanese cold food.
Unexplained by the Queen, Toyoko was very unhappy, so he deliberately approached Prince Philip, provoked him and made various ambiguous moves.
The queen flew into a rage and flushed; Japanese officials present were also scared to death. It is said that that night, the angry queen chose to sleep in separate rooms with her husband.
1978, Fengzi, who was at the peak of her career, announced her divorce, causing an uproar in Japan. At that time, she was only 29 years old and could continue to work hard for several years. However, Toyoko already has a heart. In her career and family, she weighed many things and finally chose the latter.
Feng Zi, who retired from the circle, still remembers the name "geisha" and repeatedly stressed that geisha does not get fame and fortune by selling color, which is not only the insistence on the bottom line of her personality, but also the last respect for her career.