My Geisha (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…
Jack Cardiff, Harry Kratz, Ikuo Kobayashi
Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yoko Tani, Tatsuo Saitō, Tamae Kyokawa, Ichirô Hayakawa, Alex Gerry, Tsugundo Maki, George Furness, Tamae Kiyokawa
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