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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 ...
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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
Teahouse Of The August Moon, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Pentagon-shaped Sent with native interpreter Sakini (Marlon Brando) to a post-World War Two Okinawan village to build a school and social club, clumsy Captain Fisby (Glenn Ford) of the American occupying force takes a shot at explaining democracy, in The Teahouse Of The August Moon, 1956.
- Daniel Mann, Al Jennings, William Shanks
- Marlon Brando
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. It was a Broadway hit, running for 1,027 performances and winning ...
- Vern Sneider
- 15 October 1953
- 1951
- Japan
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The Teahouse of the August Moon. 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 ...
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- Marlon Brando
- Daniel Mann
- Comedy
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.
The U.S. Army tries to introduce aspects of American culture to the natives of the village of Tobiki on the Japanese island of Okinawa at the end of World War II. The title refers to the elegant teahouse that serves the natives.
