Memoirs of a Geisha Book VS. Movie

In the book Memoirs of a Geisha I think the biggest challenge in adapting the book into a movie would be the cultural differences and plot line. Also since the book is set in Japan, the director would have to go to the trouble of creating believeable characters, and sets. In order to make the movie compleatly believeable the histroy towards becoming a Geisha would have to be reasearched so the movie would be historically correct. I think that three essential scenes that would have to be when we( the audience ) finds out how Chiyo's mother is sick and dying, when Chiyo goes into town and get hurts and Mr. Tanaka helps her, and also when she is taken from her home and to the house where she will be trained to be a Geisha. I believe that without these parts, the movie would not make enough sense to people and these scenes set up the whole pretense to the book and without them everything else that happens would make much sense because the characters wouldn't have the motive's to do what they do. There are also certain scenes that I believe would have to be cut for the movie. One of these scenes would be when Chiyo goes into town and see's the Geisha, I think that this scene is not important because in my opinion it does nothing to further the story and add details. The two others scenes I would cut would have to be when Chiyo see's her sister when she comes back from swiming in the pond, and the train ride to Kyoto. Both of these scenes also do nothing to further the story and they are like pointless side storys that are not needed.