Memoirs of a Geisha

Continuity mistake: When Mother and Mameha are waiting for the bid on Sayuri's mizuage, Mother's cigarette is short at one point, but becomes longer in the next shot.

Continuity mistake: When Hatsumomo comes outside to meet Sayuri for the first time she has nothing in her left hand. She then bends down and now has a short lit cigarette in her left hand.

Continuity mistake: When young Pumpkin and young Chiyo are on the way to geisha school together, Pumpkin takes a roasted squid from the road under a cart with her right hand. In the next shot, she eats the squid with her left hand. (00:15:30)

Hikaru Yuuki Raven

Factual error: When Hatsumomo wakes up late to torture little Chiyo again, her kimono is closed the wrong way.

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