New movie Memoirs of a Geisha has been banned in China amid fears it will encourage widespread anti-Japanese ideologies.
The casting of Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li in the Japanese drama has already caused outrage in China - because many regard geishas as prostitutes.
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