My Geisha

"It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!"

1962 2h 0m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 23

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

“It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!”

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Cast

Shirley MacLaine
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Yves Montand
Paul Robaix
Edward G. Robinson
Sam Lewis
Robert Cummings
Bob Moore
Yoko Tani
Kazumi Ito
Tatsuo Saitō
Kenichi Takata
Alex Gerry
Leonard Lewis
Tamae Kiyokawa
Amatsu Hisako

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jack Cardiff
Writers: Norman Krasna, Norman Krasna
Languages: Japanese, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jack Cardiff, shot by Shunichirō Nakao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Franz Waxman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Archie Marshek shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shirley MacLaine and Yves Montand and Edward G. Robinson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0056267 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jack Cardiff directs. Shunichirō Nakao behind the camera. Franz Waxman scores. Archie Marshek cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, English.

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Things worth knowing

164 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.
3Directed by Jack Cardiff, shot by Shunichirō Nakao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Franz Waxman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Archie Marshek shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Shirley MacLaine and Yves Montand and Edward G. Robinson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!".
8IMDB entry: tt0056267 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "jealousy", "husband wife relationship", "love triangle", "geisha".