The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)

19561h 50mdir. Daniel MannUnited Statescomedy film

Note: this print runs 110 minutes against a recorded 123 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō, Eddie Albert, Jun Negami, Harry Morgan, Paul Ford, Wolfgang Kieling

Directed by Daniel Mann

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The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film in CinemaScope, directed by Daniel Mann, and starring Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō, Eddie Albert, and Paul Ford. It is adapted by John Patrick from his 1953 play, in turn based on the 1951 novel by Vern J. Sneider. The film satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945.

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