Summaries

An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.

Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly, but he doesn't want his wife to play the leading part, as in his previous pictures. Producer Sam Lewis and Lucy Dell think up a scheme to get her in the picture after all. Lucy disguises as a Geisha, and gets the leading part in the picture. When Robaix finds out he gets so mad, he wants to divorce Lucy...—Christian Siemons <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • female protagonist
  • audition
  • kimono
  • screen test
  • geisha house
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Feb 11, 1962
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English Japanese
Filming locations Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
Production companies Paramount Pictures Sachiko

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 59m
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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