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LA PETITE MAISON DE THE
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La petite maison de thé (The Teahouse of the August Moon) is a American film realized by Daniel Mann, release in 1956.
Personal comments : Louis de Funès is not marked in the credits, he does not appears of the film but, he doubles the voice of the actor Paul Ford throughout the film.
♦ Synopsis :
In Japan, on the island of Okinawa, shortly after the end of World War II, Captain Fisby Tobiki is sent to represent the army of occupation. His superior, Colonel Wainwright Purdy III, assigns Sakini as a performer, one of the villagers. With this and a young geisha called Lotus, Fisby adapt to local customs and agreed to build a tea house.
♦ Specification sheet :
- Title : La petite maison de thé
- Original title : The Teahouse of the August Moon
- Realization : Daniel Mann
- Scenario : John Patrick, d'après sa pièce du même titre (créée à Broadway en 1953), elle-même adaptée du roman éponyme de Vern Sneider (publié en 1951)
- Music : Saul Chaplin (non-crédité)
- Director of photography : John Alton et Russell Harlan (non-crédité)
- Artistic direction : William A. Horning et Eddie Imazu
- Table decorations : Hugh Hunt et Edwin B. Willis
- Editing : Harold F. Kress
- Producer : Jack Cummings
- Production company and distribution : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Genre : Comedy
- Colors (Metrocolor) - 123 mn
- Date exit :
- United States (country of origin): November 29, 1956 (New York premiere) / December 1956
- France: 27 February 1957
♦ Distribution :
- Marlon Brando : Sakini
- Glenn Ford : Captain Fisby
- Machiko Kyo : Lotus blossom
- Eddie Albert : Captain McLean
- Paul Ford (VF : Louis de Funès) : Colonel Wainwright Purdy III
- Jun Negami : M. Seiko
- Nijiko Kiyokawa : Mlle Higa Jiga
- Mitsuko Sawamura : The girl
- Henry Morgan : Sergeant Gregovitch
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