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Director:
Ken Annakin
Writer:
Jack Davies (writer)
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Release Date:
5 November 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama more
Plot:
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
Ken Annakin, Famed British Director, Passes Away
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User Comments:
Strange story, though quite entertaining more (3 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

David Niven ... 'Major' Walter Bradbury
Toshirô Mifune ... Ambassador Kagoyama
Hardy Krüger ... Müller
Ando ... Koichi Kagoyama

Irene Tsu ... Talah
Ivan Desny ... Foreign Minister
Miiko Taka ... Mme. Kagoyama
Jeff Corey ... Mr. King

Patricia Donahue ... Mrs. King
Ronald Fraser ... Sergeant Forster
Jeannine Siniscal ... Foreign Minister's Girl
Kurt Christian ... Harok
Mika Kitagawa ... Ambassador's Secretary
Eric Soh ... Pathet
Salleh Ben Joned ... Sokono (as Salleh Joned)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
Germany:99 min | USA:99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Bavaria, Germany more
Company:
Euan Lloyd Productions more

Fun Stuff

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Toshiro Mifune is dubbed by David De Keyser more
Soundtrack:
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Strange story, though quite entertaining, 9 March 2000
Author: James Foster from London, England

You would be forgiven at first into thinking that this was an old Walt Disney children's film. The humour is family orientated and typically weak - this type of film always has an annoying American character in holiday mode who pops up every so often. However the story is quite clever, albeit moralistic - the moral is don't pretend to be something you ain't.

The main problem with this film is that you are unsure what kind of viewers it is actually aimed at. In between the "sweet" scenes of David Niven and his young cheeky Asian charge there are shootings,terrorist bombings and assassination attempts - hardly Walt Disney.

However, the story is quite good with nice appearances from familiar faces and, apart from the rather insipid and soppy vocal version of the theme tune, is wrapped up fairly well. A good Saturday-afternoon-with-nothing-to-do sort-of-film

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