A Eurasian photographer uses his women in an attempt to get American nationality.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Laurence Harvey | ... | Ivan Kalin | |
| France Nuyen | ... | Tamiko | |
| Martha Hyer | ... | Fay Wilson | |
| Gary Merrill | ... | Max Wilson | |
| Michael Wilding | ... | Nigel Costairs | |
| Miyoshi Umeki | ... | Eiko | |
| Steve Brodie | ... | James Hatten | |
| Lee Patrick | ... | Mary Hatten | |
| David Lewis | ... | Minor Role | |
| John Fujioka | ... | Minya (as John Mamo) | |
| Ray Teal | ... | Kyle Munce | |
| Richard Loo | ... | Otani | |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Akiba | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Theona Bryant | ||
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Laurence Harvey plays a Eurasian photographer who is trapped in Japan, but who wants to emigrate to the United States. His visa is continually delayed, which causes him to use his charm with women to pull some strings and apply some pressure on the embassy. His romantic magnetism works on a thrill-seeking American and an aristocratic Japanese woman. Written by Anonymous
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25 January 1963 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Ivan Kalin: At the top! I'm not a kid anymore. And America's the place to do it in. There's only one thing I need.
Nigel Costairs: I can let you have a little money.
Ivan Kalin: Thanks. But I can get money if I can get a reputation. And that's what I have to leave with, if I expect to be anything in America.
Nigel Costairs: There's a desperation about all this. It isn't like you.
Ivan Kalin: You're an Englishman. Sapporo's Japanese. I have no country. I've nothing.
Nigel Costairs: Those are just words, Ivan.
Ivan Kalin: Feelings. And very few people ...
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Nigel Costairs: Well, you've got to start somewhere.Ivan Kalin: At the top! I'm not a kid anymore. And America's the place to do it in. There's only one thing I need.
Nigel Costairs: I can let you have a little money.
Ivan Kalin: Thanks. But I can get money if I can get a reputation. And that's what I have to leave with, if I expect to be anything in America.
Nigel Costairs: There's a desperation about all this. It isn't like you.
Ivan Kalin: You're an Englishman. Sapporo's Japanese. I have no country. I've nothing.
Nigel Costairs: Those are just words, Ivan.
Ivan Kalin: Feelings. And very few people ...
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Laurence Harvey is a half-Russian, half-Chinese photographer who has been waiting 12 years to immigrate from Japan to the USA. Embittered by the death of his parents during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, he is now caught between desire for a US Embassy official (Martha Hyer) & growing love for a high-born Japanese girl (France Nuyen). Much more than an escapist romantic melodrama, it explores issues such as the difference in socio-economic classes & its effect on some people, modernity & freedom vs. tradition & culture. Beautifully filmed in Tokyo, Kyoto & the lake region, this movie will have you booking a flight on the next Japan Airlines flight.
Unfortunately, Paramount Studios has NOT released a wide screen DVD of this little seen & underrated film.