<P> At Amami, the Colonel propositions Sayuri, but is rejected . Nobu witnesses the incident and confronts Sayuri . He finally confesses his feelings, telling her that he wants to become her danna . Knowing that entering into a relationship with Nobu will destroy any chance of her being with the Chairman, Sayuri is distraught and devises a plan . Mameha catches on to it and warns her against it because of the kindness Nobu has shown her . She wants Sayuri to accept him as her danna and not end up like Hatsumomo did . She refuses and enlists Pumpkin's help to have Nobu catch her seemingly being intimate with the Colonel . However, because of her secret resentment of Sayuri, Pumpkin brings the Chairman instead, having full knowledge of Sayuri's feelings towards him . When Sayuri confronts her, Pumpkin coldly tells her that she did a lot of favors for her in the past and she stole her chances of being adopted by Mother . She hoped by having the Chairman see her with Derricks, he would be disgusted by Sayuri's behavior and she would have to accept Nobu as her danna . </P> <P> A few days later, after returning to Gion, Sayuri receives a call to go to the teahouse . Sayuri expects to see Nobu, but instead the Chairman comes and finally reveals to her that he has known all along that she was the girl at the riverbank . He tells her that he had told Nobu about the affair after confronting Pumpkin for her behavior, effectively destroying Nobu's affections for Sayuri and his desire to be her danna . He also reveals that he was responsible for sending Mameha to her so that she could fulfill her dreams of becoming a geisha . Sayuri finally reveals her love to the Chairman, and the film ends with their loving embrace and kiss, and a stroll through the garden . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ziyi Zhang as Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta <Ul> <Li> Suzuka Ohgo as Young Chiyo Sakamoto </Li> <Li> Shizuko Hoshi as Elderly Sayuri Nitta (voice - over narrator) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Gong Li as Hatsumomo </Li> <Li> Samantha Futerman as Satsu Sakamoto </Li> <Li> Mako as Mr. Sakamoto </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Sung as Mrs. Sakamoto </Li> <Li> Kaori Momoi as Kayoko "Mother" Nitta </Li> <Li> Kotoko Kawamura as Grandmother Nitta </Li> <Li> Ken Watanabe as Chairman Ken Iwamura </Li> <Li> Kōji Yakusho as Nobu </Li> <Li> Michelle Yeoh as Mameha </Li> <Li> Youki Kudoh as Pumpkin <Ul> <Li> Zoe Weizenbaum as Young Pumpkin </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Tsai Chin as Auntie </Li> <Li> Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa as Baron </Li> <Li> Cathy Shim as The Baron's Guest </Li> <Li> Kenneth Tsang as General </Li> <Li> Eugenia Yuan as Korin </Li> <Li> Karl Yune as Koichi </Li> <Li> Ted Levine as Col. Derricks </Li> <Li> Paul Adelstein as Lt. Hutchins </Li> </Ul> <Li> Ziyi Zhang as Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta <Ul> <Li> Suzuka Ohgo as Young Chiyo Sakamoto </Li> <Li> Shizuko Hoshi as Elderly Sayuri Nitta (voice - over narrator) </Li> </Ul> </Li>

Who played sayuri in memoirs of a geisha