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The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Marlon Brando. It satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945. John Patrick adapted the screenplay from his own Pulitzer-Prize - and Tony Award -winning Broadway play of 1953.
The Teahouse of the August Moon: Directed by Daniel Mann. With Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô, Eddie Albert. In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Daniel Mann
- 1956-12
United States. Location. Nara, Japan; Kyoto, Japan. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel Teahouse of the August Moon by Vern J. Sneider (New York, 1951) and the play of the same name by John Patrick, presented on the stage by Maurice Evans (New York, 15 Oct 1953).
- Daniel Mann, Al Jennings, William Shanks
- Marlon Brando
In the months immediately after the end of World War II, the U.S. Army has occupied the island of Okinawa, Japan, and is trying to Westernize the local population. Hapless Captain Fisby (Glenn ...
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- Marlon Brando
- Daniel Mann
- Comedy
Comedy. Setting. Japan. The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1953 play written by John Patrick adapted from the 1951 novel by Vern Sneider. The play was later adapted for film in 1956, and the 1970 Broadway musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen . The play opened on Broadway in October 1953.
- Vern Sneider
- 1951
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead. This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America's drive to change the world in the post-war years. One year after World War II, Captain Fisby is sent to the village of Tobiki in Okinawa to teach the people democracy.
Teahouse of the August Moon, comedy in three acts by American playwright John Patrick, produced in 1953. Patrick satirized American good intentions in this lighthearted examination of an attempt by the military forces to Americanize a foreign culture. It was his best-known play and was based on a.
