Memoirs of a Geisha…………_娱乐Entertainment

'memoirs of a geisha' finishes filming　　led by director rob marshall, a galaxy of asian stars, including gong li, michelle yeoh and japan's ken watanabe, attended a press conference in tokyo on monday, to mark the completion of filming for memoirs of a geisha, a much anticipated cooperation between asian and hollywood filmmakers. 　　zhang ziyi, who had the leading role in geisha, was absent from the conference because she was shooting a commercial in romania. 　　directed by chicago filmmaker marshall and co-produced by hollywood tycoon steven spielburg, the film is due out later this year. 　　spielberg appeared via a video message at the news conference to congratulate the end of shooting the film. 　　based on the u.s. best-seller of the same name, geisha is set in 1920s japan and tells the story of geisha sayuri nitta, played by zhang ziyi, and her love of a rich man, played by veteran watanabe.