My Geisha
It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!
1962 · 2h · NR
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Jack Cardiff
Overview
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...
Director and cast
- Jack Cardiff Director
- Shirley MacLaine as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
- Yves Montand as Paul Robaix
- Edward G. Robinson as Sam Lewis
- Robert Cummings as Bob Moore
- Yoko Tani as Kazumi Ito
- Tatsuo Saitō as Kenichi Takata
- Tamae Kyokawa as Amatsu Hisako
- Ichirô Hayakawa as Hisako
- Alex Gerry as Leonard Lewis
- Tsugundo Maki as Shiga
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