The Teahouse of the August Moon

Director: Daniel Mann Daniel Mann

Overview

This filmization of John Patrick's Broadway play is set in Okinawa in the months following V-J Day. Paul Ford plays an American colonel in charge of the occupation troops. Determined to bring Western civilization to the Okinawans, the colonel assigns captain Glenn Ford to do his bidding.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2018
UPC:	0888574771256
Original Release:	1956
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	2:03:00
Sales rank:	15,349

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Glenn Ford	Actor,Col. Purdy
Marlon Brando	Actor
Eddie Albert	Actor
Machiko Kyo	Actor
Jun Negami	Mr. Seiko
Nijiko Kiyokawa	Miss Higa Jiga
Mitsuko Sawamura	Little Girl
Harry Morgan	Sgt. Gregovich
Shichizo Takeda	Ancient Man
Kichizaemon Saramaru	Mr. Hokaida
Frank Tokunaga	Mr. Omura
Raynum K. Tsukamoto	Mr. Oshira
Minoru Nishida	Mr. Sumata
Dansho Miyazaki	Sumata's Father
Miyoshi Jingu	Old Woman on Jeep
Aya Oyama	Daughter on Jeep
Yosan Tsuruta	Judge
John Grayson	Soldier
Louis Calhern	Actor
Roger McGee	Soldier
Harry Harvey Jr.	Soldier
Carl Fior	Soldier
Machiko Kyô	Actor
Jane Chung	Actor

Technical Credits

John Patrick

Jack Cummings	Producer
Daniel Mann	Director
John Patrick	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Marlon Brando was starting to stretch by 1956, after becoming instantly famous for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. Critical response to his parts in the 1955 musical Guys and Dolls and the 1956 light comedy-drama The Teahouse of the August Moon were all over the map. Brando was already confounding expectations, as he would continue to do for the rest of his career. The Teahouse of the August Moon was adapted by writer John Patrick from his own successful Broadway play. It's a World War II story, in the manner of South Pacific, about American GIs stationed in Okinawa who become enthralled with the local women. Glenn Ford and Eddie Albert also star; the director is Daniel Mann, who would later direct Butterfield 8.