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6.5/10
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An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Robert Cummings
- Bob Moore
- (as Bob Cummings)
Tatsuo Saitô
- Kenichi Takata
- (as Tatsuo Saito)
Ichirô Hayakawa
- Hisako
- (as I. Hayakawa)
Junko Aoki
- Geisha
- (uncredited)
Nobuo Chiba
- Shig
- (uncredited)
Marion Furness
- Bob's girlfriend
- (uncredited)
Kazue Kaneko
- Geisha
- (uncredited)
Satoko Kuni
- Maid
- (uncredited)
Mayumi Momose
- Geisha
- (uncredited)
Nariko Muramatsu
- Head waitress
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaShu Uemura took over the makeup for MacLaine's Geisha role after Michael Westmore fell ill. The international recognition Uemura received for his work enabled him to launch his own cosmetics company.
- GoofsA huge premiere is planned for the movie Lucy is working on mere days after the final scene is shot; in reality, a major film of the magnitude she's starring in would take months for editing and other post-production work.
- Quotes
Kazumi Ito: No one before you, my husband, not even I.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)
- SoundtracksMADAMA BUTTERFLY
Sequences
Written by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Performed by Shirley MacLaine (dubbed by Michiku Sunahara) and Robert Cummings (dubbed by Barry Morell)
Conducted by Franz Waxman
Featured review
memorable MacLAINE
First saw this movie on TV one afternoon whilst I was off from work.Had always wanted to see it,but after it's release(rather like John Goldfarb),it kind of disappeared.Lucky to catch up with it though,as from the opening credits I was hooked.MacLaine,very young and initially kooky,is marvellous in this film.I guess most people know the plot by now,but for a comedy,it does have it's touching moments,especially at the end.The scenery is superb,the music is great,the costumes colourful and I for one am glad this will receive a DVD release in December.Edward G and Yves Montand are both good in their roles,although I found Bob Cummings just a bit long in the tooth for his part.Altogether a very enjoyable movie and one to watch for if you haven't seen it before.Yes,I know some of it doesn't make sense,but heck,this is a comedy,and wonderful it is too.
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- Chris Clazie
- Sep 20, 2006
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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