The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1962
My Geisha
Directed by
Jack Cardiff
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 …
The story
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...
Cast
Shirley MacLaineLucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Yves MontandPaul Robaix
Edward G. RobinsonSam Lewis
Robert CummingsBob Moore
Yoko TaniKazumi Ito
Tatsuo SaitōKenichi Takata
Alex GerryLeonard Lewis
Tamae KiyokawaAmatsu Hisako
Ichirô HayakawaHisako
Tsugundo MakiShiga
Machiko Soga
George FurnessGeorge (uncredited)
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