The True Story Behind Memoirs Of A Geisha|The Life Of Mineko Iwasaki

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  @indiascarlett · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Apologies for the mispronunciations, I did look most &nbsp;of them up but this video was made in two days and some recording was done before I had researched. <br>Thank you to everyone who corrected me!<br>If you want to support this channel, you can find me at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/IndiaScarlett">https://www.patreon.com/c/IndiaScarlett</a> and <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/indiascarlett">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/indiascarlett</a>

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  @Keiichi879 · 3 years ago

  I really wish her true story got just as much exposure than the movie that it deserves.

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  @nobodysbaby5048 · 3 years ago

  She looks so much happier in her marriage. I am glad life worked out for her

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  @melanie_kay_6014 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m so happy to learn the &quot;real&quot; story. As others in the comments have already said, the book and movie were super influential and have become a bit of a guilty pleasure for me personally, because I&apos;m at odds with how downright misogynistic and opportunistic it was to write this story that way. But it is such a beautiful movie. It&apos;s amazing to learn that Mineko was such a fierce fighter for worker&apos;s rights in an environment that wasn&apos;t open for dicussion at all.

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  @SrhineMaidenHeart · 3 years ago (edited)

  I do love Memoirs of a geisha and Sayuri is my comfort character, but I absolutely love and admire Mineko too and agree that Golden should have kept her private as he promised. Such a fascinating woman, I once even actually did a presentation about her for my history class!❤

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  @aelisei · 3 years ago

  I had no idea Mineko Iwasaki hadn&apos;t agreed and was opposed to the book. I&apos;m going to look for her memoirs now, thank you so much for speaking about this! 🤗🙏

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  @SnowberryDesigns · 3 years ago

  So glad that this popped up in my YouTube feed as I didn’t know that Mineko Iwasaki had written her own story to correct the story of Memoirs of a Geisha. &nbsp;Based on what you have provided, her true story is even more fascinating than the book and or the movie, both of which I have read, watched and enjoyed. &nbsp;Thank you for this, I will now read the book and you have a new subscriber.

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  @AlleineDragonfyre · 8 months ago

  &quot;Pirates turned... physicians.&quot;

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  @molivah · 3 months ago

  Memoirs of a Geisha is a good work of fiction. Honestly that’s how it should be viewed

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  @guenevere · 8 months ago

  Her book is called Geisha: A Life

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  @ZoraXire · 3 years ago

  one part of the book that always stuck with me was when she had a fan and some celebrity took it from her and autographed it, she thought he had ruined a beautiful piece of art and history (it was an antique). That always stuck with me because its not about vanity or fame, it&apos;s about expression and hard work that matters most in the end and are truly things to consider being beautiful to admire

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  @LizardsLore · 3 years ago

  I am so happy you’re giving Mineko the credit she deserves! &nbsp;Her book is amazing!

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