My Geisha

1962

English

6.5

♡ 4

61%

husband wife relationship

Jack Cardiff Director

Robert Cummings as Bob Moore

Shirley MacLaine as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori

Edward G. Robinson as Sam Lewis

Nobuo Chiba as Shig

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...