At the time, things looked bright, says his younger stepsister Elizabeth in written testimony.

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In 1929, a country girl, Chiyo, is sold into bondage at a Kyoto training house for geishas, a house ruled by the foul-tempered Mother (Kaori Momoi) and a nasty top geisha, Hatsumomo (Gong Li) the equivalents of a wicked step-mother and stepsister.

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