Synopsis
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...
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack CardiffDirector
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Norman KrasnaScreenplay
Cast
- Shirley MacLaineLucy Dell / Yoko Mori
- Yves MontandPaul Robaix
- Edward G. RobinsonSam Lewis
- Robert CummingsBob Moore
- Yoko TaniKazumi Ito
- Tatsuo SaitōKenichi Takata
- Alex GerryLeonard Lewis
- Tamae KiyokawaAmatsu Hisako
- Ichirô HayakawaHisako
- Tsugundo MakiShiga
- Machiko SogaCast
- George FurnessGeorge (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
jealousyhusband wife relationshiplove trianglegeishamistaken identitytokyo, japanfalling in lovedisguisekimonoscreen test