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My Geisha

  • 1962
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 59m
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6.5/10
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My Geisha (1962)
ComedyDramaRomance

An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.

  • Director
    • Jack Cardiff
  • Writer
    • Norman Krasna
  • Stars
    • Shirley MacLaine
    • Yves Montand
    • Edward G. Robinson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jack Cardiff
    • Writer
      • Norman Krasna
    • Stars
      • Shirley MacLaine
      • Yves Montand
      • Edward G. Robinson
    • 19User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Shirley MacLaine and Yves Montand in My Geisha (1962)
    Edward G. Robinson and Yves Montand in My Geisha (1962)
    Edward G. Robinson and Yves Montand in My Geisha (1962)
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    Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine
    • Lucy Dell…
    Yves Montand
    Yves Montand
    • Paul Robaix
    Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson
    • Sam Lewis
    Robert Cummings
    Robert Cummings
    • Bob Moore
    • (as Bob Cummings)
    Yôko Tani
    Yôko Tani
    • Kazumi Ito
    Tatsuo Saitô
    Tatsuo Saitô
    • Kenichi Takata
    • (as Tatsuo Saito)
    Tamae Kiyokawa
    • Amatsu Hisako
    Ichirô Hayakawa
    • Hisako
    • (as I. Hayakawa)
    Alex Gerry
    Alex Gerry
    • Leonard Lewis
    Tsugundo Maki
    • Shiga
    George Furness
    • George (Robaix's butler)
    Junko Aoki
    • Geisha
    • (uncredited)
    Nobuo Chiba
    • Shig
    • (uncredited)
    Marion Furness
    • Bob's girlfriend
    • (uncredited)
    Kazue Kaneko
    • Geisha
    • (uncredited)
    Satoko Kuni
    • Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Mayumi Momose
    • Geisha
    • (uncredited)
    Nariko Muramatsu
    • Head waitress
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jack Cardiff
    • Writer
      • Norman Krasna
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    • Trivia
      Shu Uemura took over the makeup for MacLaine's Geisha role after Michael Westmore fell ill. The international recognition Uemura received for his work enabled him to launch his own cosmetics company.
    • Goofs
      A huge premiere is planned for the movie Lucy is working on mere days after the final scene is shot; in reality, a major film of the magnitude she's starring in would take months for editing and other post-production work.
    • Quotes

      Kazumi Ito: No one before you, my husband, not even I.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      MADAMA BUTTERFLY
      Sequences

      Written by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

      Performed by Shirley MacLaine (dubbed by Michiku Sunahara) and Robert Cummings (dubbed by Barry Morell)

      Conducted by Franz Waxman

    User reviews19

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    the guilty pleasure of enjoying this film...
    Not a great film by any means---the dialogue tends to the wooden, and the plot to the improbable---but, somehow, it is fun to watch. As the movie goes on, Montand and MacLaine seem to warm to their roles, and some of Montand's introspective musings about love, career, and marriage, in the unwitting presence of his wife, are genuinely touching. MacLaine looks quite stunning made up as a geisha, and the location scenes of Japan in 1961 (Kyoto, Tokyo, Miyajima, Hakone) are alone worth the price of admission. Japanese culture is treated with fond respect, not simply with amusement or exotic interest. The speech by the ancient geisha "master" about the idealization of womanhood strays a bit into embarrassing hyperbole, but this is the exception, not the rule, in the film.
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    • ButaNiShinju
    • Aug 10, 2011

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 12, 1962 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Meine Geisha
    • Filming locations
      • Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Sachiko
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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