| Description |
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
Warner archive |
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Archive collection.
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| Note |
Widescreen format. |
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This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other devices, including recorders and PC drives. |
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Videodisc release of the 1956 motion picture. |
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Based on the book by Vern J. Sneider and the play by John Patrick. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Contents |
Special features: Vintage featurette Operation teahouse; Marlon Brando movie trailer gallery. |
| Credits |
Music by Saul Chaplin ; cinematography by John Alton ; film editing by Harold F. Kress. |
| Cast |
Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo, Eddie Albert, Paul Ford. |
| Summary |
Okinawa 1946, occupied by American troops whose assignment is to bring democracy to the inhabitants. The captain in charge, Captain Fisby (Glenn Ford), is a well-meaning but inept loser, and faces a wily Okinawan interpreter, Sakini (Marlon Brando), and a determined geisha girl, Lotus Blossom (Machiko Kyo), along with villagers who know how to take advantage of foreign occupation! |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (2:41) |
| Language |
Dialogue in English or French; subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. |
| Subject |
Feature films -- United States -- Videodiscs.
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Okinawa Island (Japan) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videorecordings.
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Okinawa Island (Japan) -- In motion pictures -- Drama -- Videorecordings.
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Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 -- Drama -- Videorecordings.
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Japan -- Drama -- Videorecordings.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Motion pictures.
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| Added Author |
Mann, Daniel, 1912-1991, film director.
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Patrick, John, screenwriter.
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Cummings, Jack, 1900-1989, film producer.
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Brando, Marlon, actor.
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Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006, actor.
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Kyō, Machiko, 1924- actor.
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Albert, Eddie, actor.
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Ford, Paul, 1901-1976, actor.
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Negami, Jun, actor.
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Kiyokawa, Nijiko, 1914-2002, actor.
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Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011, actor.
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Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997, composer.
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Alton, John, director of photography.
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Kress, Harold F., 1913-1999, film editor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Sneider, Vern.
The teahouse of the August moon.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Patrick, John.
The teahouse of the August moon.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Turner Entertainment Company.
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| Standard No. |
888574771256 |
| Music No. |
79380 Warner Home Video |
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