HONG KONG: Japanese actor Ken Watanabe has defended the casting of ethnic Chinese actresses for the main roles in "Memoirs of a Geisha,'' saying that the geisha art was like Italian opera and people with different nationalities should be allowed to perform.
"Memoirs'' features Zhang Ziyi from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' along with former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li as geishas - entertainers trained in song, dance and conversation.
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