Gong Li plays Hatsumomo in the film, a geisha and the main antagonist throughout. The casting of three non-Japanese actresses to play Japanese characters was controversial at the time, which ...

WHEN Chinese actress Gong Li makes her American film debut in “Memoirs of a Geisha” this Friday, it’ll be in a role some see as deliciously close to real life. Not that she’… ...

There, she meets top geisha Hatsumomo (Gong Li), a duplicitous schemer who, perhaps sensing that the girl will grow up to become a threat to her status, takes an instant disliking to her, ...

Ziyi Zhang, left, and Gong Li clash in "Memoirsof a Geisha," adapted from the best-selling novel. A kindness the Chairman (Ken Watanabe) pays Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) drives the story in "Geisha." ...

Ruling the roost at the cramped compound is Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Exceptionally beautiful, she is also arrogant and tempestuous — a diva among geisha, who gives Chiyo a hard time from the outset.

Gong Li established herself as one of the biggest international stars to come out of China in the early 1990s, starring in the Oscar-nominated films “Ju Dou,” “Raise the Red Lantern” and ...

The house is run by Mother (Kaori Momoi), and its ruling geisha is Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Chiyo quickly becomes best friends with Pumpkin (Youki Kudoh), a girl about her age, ...

International Usage Guide: “Gong Li” A David Barboza business story in today’s New York Times, about difficulties surrounding the Chinese release of Memoirs of a ...

And Gong Li plays Sayuri’s cruel nemesis Hatsumomo. Of the three actresses, Yeoh–with a James Bond film under her belt, along with co-starring roles in a few Jackie Chan films–has the most ...

Gong, who is no stranger to English-language films, having also starred in Sony’s big-budget film Memoirs of a Geisha, will play Empress Cixi in the Seven Stars Film Studios project.

Gong Li established herself as one of the biggest international stars to come out of China in the ... Geisha,” “Young Hannibal,” and I felt that I was given space to develop my ...