In 1929, Chiyo, a little japanese girl, is dragged away from her poor family to work as a servant in a geisha house near from Kyoto.As a child, Chiyo receives intensive training to become a Geisha. She also must overcome her rival, Hatsunomo, a very deceitful girl.After years of hard work, Chiyo becomes the legendary Geisha Sayuri.She's beautiful and she can seduce any man. Except the one that she secretely loves...