2h 13min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 9 November 1961 | Color, WS
Director: Henry Koster
Stars: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, Juanita Hall, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Victor Sen Yung, James Hong, Miyoshi Umeki.
Hermes Pan ... choreographer
15 songs in the Soundtracks, including A Hundred Million Miracles and I Enjoy Being a Girl.
Pleasant fluff. No dark social issue in the script. However, this has an all-Asian cast, and an old vs. new world customs, old vs. new generation conflicts.
PA, the younger brother of Shigeta, a teen who really dances well. His numbers, and the R&H-signature fantasy ballet by RS & Shigeta with male dancers, are the highlights of the film. Otherwise, the dances were showgirl stuff. PA is extra familiar because he played Ho-Jon on MASH, and the elder son in The King and I ('56).
MU is a terrific dramatic actress. J.Soo is a terrific comic actor.
Universal, dir. Koster; 7+
