Sentences with phrase «for geishas»
Gion district, a traditional neighborhood famous for geishas, has numerous shopping and entertainment options, with Shijo street and Nishiki market within short distance.
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It's not good enough for a geisha.
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In this interview, Trinity tells us about her rule - free approach to self - care, her path to self - acceptance, and the importance of giving the body exactly what it's craving, as well as a Geisha - approved moisturizer that works wonders for her skin, her number one cold remedy that's likely in your kitchen right now, exercise, beauty, stress, and much more.
The desire to create uniform, luminous skin tone has been around for centuries: in China during the Tang dynasty, people would rub crushed pearls on the skin; in Japan, geishas used animal - derived bleaching agents; and in the 1800s, European women used arsenic to create even skin tone.
Camellia oil has been revered as a beauty secret among the Geishas for hundreds of years.
I would want to dress up for meeting a Geisha too.
Planning an outfit for a night out with a geisha is something I never thought in a million years I would have to think about.
This morning however, I found out one of my favourite dresses from my wardrobe — this faux Geisha style dress, which is perfect for wearing with leggings and layering up with a cardigan.
Come on back tomorrow for more on geishas.
Holy Grail of locals for casual encounters - Nakita Geisha Affair Dating Ads Building Surveyor's memo.
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In 2006, Williams won his fourth Golden Globe Award for penning the score to Memoirs of a Geisha.
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Instead, it's based on an original screenplay by Charles Grayson (The Barbarian and the Geisha, 1958), The Woman on Pier 13, 1949) and Vincent B. Evans, a real - life bombardier on the Memphis Belle during WW2 whose only other screen credit was for Chain Lightning (1950).
It would seem that this year's cinematography nominees were picked by aliens — certainly not by the same people who voted for Memoirs of a Geisha last year (no offense to Dion Beebe, who surely deserved a nomination this year): not a single Best Picture nominee in the lot, and all mostly uncompromised examples of purposeful cinematographic beauty.
DVD Review: The new Razzle - Dazzle Edition of «Chicago» is mostly likely more about promoting director Rob Marshall's latest film («Memoirs of a Geisha») than honoring the Academy Award - winning musical, but it's a pleasant holiday surprise for fans of the film.
His previous films showed a great skill for creating atmosphere and this could provide a showcase for cinematographer Dion Beebe («Memoirs of a Geisha») and the sound team.
When she reaches adulthood and is played by Zhang Ziyi, a geisha from another house, Mameha (Yeoh), buys Sayuri and teaches her to be the greatest geisha of all time, commanding the highest price ever paid for her virginity.
Gerwig envisions a program in which locals apprentice with seasoned crew members (if only such an agenda were in place when Memoirs of a Geisha and The Assassination of Richard Nixon were filming in the area), citing how the cult fantasy show Xena: Warrior Princess laid the groundwork in New Zealand for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, some of the biggest productions in motion picture history.
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More recently there was heat for Li's performance in 2005's «Memoirs of a Geisha,» but the Academy heaped most of its attention on the film's technical achievements for which the film won three Oscars.
There's a trailer up for Memoirs Of A Geisha here.
As for Memoirs of a Geisha.
Production designer John Myhre won Oscars for his work on Memoirs of a Geisha and Chicago, with his most recent credit being X-Men: Days of Future Past.
She is best known for her scripts for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Practical Magic (1998) and Matilda (1996).
Crouching Tiger managed nominations in all three fields, as did Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) for that matter, and while Memoirs is not a Foreign Language film, its ties to Asia might add a more clear picture to the type of film voters look for in each category.
In is Rob Marshall (Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago), who seems on a mission to dispense of most plotting in favor of a very basic quest story that nearly disappears for long set - piece stretches.
All Units (14 Country Studies for Elementary Grades) European Countries Asian Countries Keywords: Japan, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Sumo Wrestling, Himeji Castle, Geisha, Tokyo Tower, Golden Pavilion, Ninjas, Japanese Food, Sushi, Manga, Mount Fuji.
Reader name: Nancy Hometown: Champaign, Illinois Favorite genres: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, biographies and suspense Favorite authors: Audrey Niffenegger, Ann Patchett, Stieg Larsson Favorite books: Unbroken, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Time Traveler's Wife, Water for Elephants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Three Cups of Tea
I expect Ginny Gall will garner a number of rave reviews for the quality of Smith's writing, as well encourage a certain amount of debate about whether a white author can convincingly write about the African American experience (the conversation surrounding the male authorship of Memoirs of a Geisha comes to mind).
Adapting any book for the screen is a tricky process, but surely no material has presented a greater challenge than Arthur Golden's brilliant debut novel, Memoirs of a Geisha.
I was stuck for a cover for my first book, since I couldn't afford original art for it, didn't know how to get hold of the right sort of art in public domain that would be good enough — and then I saw the cover of the paperback version of Memoirs of a Geisha.
As a former capital of Japan for over a thousand years, Kyoto is filled with ancient history and a wealth of incredible architecture, including the Kinkajuki temple, a beautiful traditional Japanese building set on a calm pond and decorated in gold leaf, and the Gion district, the most famous geisha district in Kyoto.
Finish off the day with a visit to the Fushimi Inari Shrine, which was featured in the movie «Memoirs of a Geisha» and is famous for its thousands of red tori gates leading up through the sacred forest of Mount Inari.
Taro joins fellow ninjas Shoji the Sensei, Kaida the Sharpshooter, and Miyu the Geisha on their journey to the spirit shrine to find out what happened to the spirits and stop the Samurai before they wipe out their ninja clan for good!
This woodblock print, titled «Two Geisha Preparing for a Fancy Dress Procession» by Kitagawa Utamaro, is part of the exhibit «Utamaro and the Lure of Japan,» coming to the Wadsworth Atheneum.
The New York Times remembers the innovative artist for her diverse inspirations, ranging from geisha styles, to prison, to a Kenyan park.
An explorer of multiculturalism, British artist is well - known for his depictions of traditional Japanese female entertainers or geishas, capturing their femininity and sensuality through a unique mix of seemingly incompatible themes and aesthetics likes traditional fine art painting and «messier» Western traditions like action painting and graffiti, combined in such a way that it feels incredibly natural.
Blawg Review # 231 is good reading, but it's not necessarily for the faint of heart (you'll know what I mean when you get to the section entitled «The Stripper & The Geisha»).