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• Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses Japanese Entertainment · 16 Jan 2006, 08:20 Casting Japanese performers from Japan may be debatable, but I wonder why Tamlyn Tomita isn't in the film. She pretty much a leading Japanese-American actress, isn't she? She would've made a great Hatsumomo. Btw, thank …
• Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses Japanese Entertainment · 13 Jan 2006, 00:26 Krim wrote: the problem with using those examples is that they aren't made for the global market Sakura is surely made for viewers in the U.S. to see. Also Swallowtail directed by Shunji Iwai was translated into Kantone…
• Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses Japanese Entertainment · 12 Jan 2006, 23:36 Enna wrote: [Yeah for some reason only Caucasians were allowed to portray other races or nationalities or cultures in a derogatory manner. Hmmm maybe because they held the purse strings and still do for the most part.] …
• Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses Japanese Entertainment · 12 Jan 2006, 22:42 Enna, you've slightly misunderstood my statement on the ugliness and Chinese casting, but never mind. I see your pov.
• Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses Japanese Entertainment · 12 Jan 2006, 21:38 Okay, so not many people seem to think that the geisha's were ugly. I don't have a problem with that. About casting the Chinese, for one thing, the Chinese share a much more larger population on this planet than the Jap…
• Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses Japanese Entertainment · 9 Jan 2006, 11:15 Hi everybody, I just learned about this forum yesterday, and I hope I'm doing this right. I'm a Japanese female who grew up in L.A. but now live in Japan, saw Memoirs of a Geisha at the theater, decided to discuss it wi…