He also defended the choice of Chinese star Ziyi Zhang (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) for the title role of the Japanese geisha, Sayuri, saying, “She is just the right person for that ...

But the symbolism in “Geisha,” set for limited release Friday, is powerful for many Chinese. During Japan’s 1937-38 occupation of Nanjing, Japanese ... Hidden Dragon,” and Zhang has ...

Beijing canceled the release of “Memoirs of a Geisha” over the weekend amid concerns the sight of Chinese actresses playing Japanese geishas ... Hidden Dragon” star Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li ...

He also defended the choice of Chinese star Ziyi Zhang ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") for the title role of the Japanese geisha, Sayuri, saying "she is just the right person for that part." ...

"Memoirs of a Geisha," the film adaptation of Arthur Golden's novel of the "hidden world" of Japanese society ... soul of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," a Chinese-language film that captured ...

The Japanese woman who inspired Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha shares her distaste for the novel's ""misinterpretation"" of her ""flower and willow world."" A Chinese investment banker ...

Chinese retailer and variety store chain MINISO Group apologized on Tuesday after its Spainish Instagram account mistranslated Chinese Qipao into “Japanese Geisha” in a post promoting its ...

However, earlier this month, it drew anger from Chinese social media users after its Spanish Instagram account posted a picture of dolls, one of which it called a "Japanese geisha doll" but which ...

Global Chinese retailer MINISO's branch in Spain has apologised for mistranslating the Chinese cheongsam toy into a Japanese geisha toy. According to the official statement on MINISO’s Spanish ...