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6.5/10
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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'.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Robert Cummings
- Bob Moore
- (as Bob Cummings)
Tatsuo Saitô
- Kenichi Takata
- (as Tatsuo Saito)
Ichirô Hayakawa
- Hisako
- (as I. Hayakawa)
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)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaShu 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.
- GoofsA 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)
- SoundtracksMADAMA 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
Featured review
Shirley as Madam Butterfly will tear your heart out.
Most of this movie is a regular romantic comedy with some excellent stars. But the end of the movie, where Shirley plays the death scene from Madam Butterfly, will make you weep. I first saw this when I was in the military, and had never seen Madam Butterfly. After seeing this movie, I went to the opera to see the full opera, and it has become my favorite. Having seen the death scene many times in my life, Shirley's performance still ranks up there with the best.
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- georgeleague
- Jun 5, 2003
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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