The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Jesse HibbsDirector
- Jack SherWriter
- Sy GombergWriter
- Marion HargroveWriter
Cast
- Burgess MeredithJoe Butterfly
- Audie MurphyPvt. Joe Woodley
- George NaderSgt. Ed Kennedy
- Keenan WynnHarold Hathaway
- Keiko ShimaChieko
- Fred ClarkCol. E.E. Fuller
- John AgarSgt. Dick Mason
- Charles McGrawSgt. Jim McNulty
- Shinpei ShimazakiBoku
- Reiko HigaFalse Tokyo Rose
- Tatsuo SaitōSakayama
- Chizu ShimazakiMother
Stills
Themes
japanarmy life