My Geisha

My Geisha

119 mins | Comedy, Romance | March 9, 1962

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

My Geisha

119 mins | Comedy, Romance | March 9, 1962

My Geisha
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount, Sachiko
Original title My Geisha
Directors Ikuo Kobayashi, Harry Kratz, Jack Cardiff
Writers Norman Krasna

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori

Yves Montand

as Paul Robaix

Edward G. Robinson

as Sam Lewis

Robert Cummings

as Bob Moore

Yoko Tani

as Kazumi Ito

Tatsuo Saitō

as Kenichi Takata

Tamae Kyokawa

as Amatsu Hisako

Ichirô Hayakawa

as Hisako

Alex Gerry

as Leonard Lewis

Tsugundo Maki

as Shiga

George Furness

as George (uncredited)