An all-in-one, gorgeous volume including a 70-page portfolio of stunning photographs by one of the most accomplished movie photographers working today; a fascinating, exclusive, behind-the-scenes section on production design, make-up, choreography, costumes, casting, and the process of re-creating on film the period, people, and world of the celebrated novel; a brief history of the geisha culture; and introductory essays by director Rob Marshall and novelist Arthur Golden.

Directed by Academy Award-winner Rob Marshall (Chicago) and produced by Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick, and Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Robin Swicord and Doug Wright, Memoirs of a Geisha features an all-star Asian cast starring Ziyi Zhang (House of Flying Daggers) and Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) and including Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Koji Yakusho (Shall We Dance?), Youki Kudoh (Snow Falling on Cedars), and Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern).

A sweeping romantic epic, the story begins in the years before WWII when a penniless Japanese girl is torn from her family to serve in a geisha house.  Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang).  Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man who is out of her reach (Ken Watanabe).

For film and book fans, this unique companion book captures a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today.