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What kind of responses came from the Chinese?
banning by the People's Republic of China.
Relations between Japan and Mainland China were particularly tense due to two main factors: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
The film is set in Japan during World War II, when the Second Sino-Japanese War was taking place.

Question: Why was it not well received?
Self-contained rewrite: Why was the film, Memoirs of a Geisha, not well received?