Part 9/11:
As World War II breaks out, chaos ensues, forcing Sayuri and her fellow geishas into displacement and danger. Stripped of the luxuries of their former lives, survival becomes the priority. The war brings loss, as Sayuri grapples with the fates of her friends and her past. Years of toil under war’s oppressive regime leave her yearning for a semblance of her previous life, prompting her return to the intimacy of Kyoto and its attachments to her old life.