Escapade au Japon

Original title: Escapade in Japan

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American Dick Saunders has just been transferred to Tokyo after a two-year stint in Manila. His wife Mary has accompanied him on the pretense to set up their home, with their adolescent son ... Read allAmerican Dick Saunders has just been transferred to Tokyo after a two-year stint in Manila. His wife Mary has accompanied him on the pretense to set up their home, with their adolescent son Tony arriving on a flight two weeks later. Dick requested the transfer to escape the sourc... Read allAmerican Dick Saunders has just been transferred to Tokyo after a two-year stint in Manila. His wife Mary has accompanied him on the pretense to set up their home, with their adolescent son Tony arriving on a flight two weeks later. Dick requested the transfer to escape the source of marital strife between him and Mary, namely another woman, that being the real reason... Read all

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Teresa Wright

Mary Saunders

Cameron Mitchell

Dick Saunders

Jon Provost

Tony Saunders

Roger Nakagawa

Hiko Tanaka

Philip Ober

Lt. Col. Hargrave

Kuniko Miyake

Michiko Tanaka

Susumu Fujita

Kei Tanaka

Katsuhiko Haida

Capt. Hibino

Tatsuo Saitô

Mr. Fushimi
(as Tatsuo Saito)

Leticia Bahia

Stewardess
(uncredited)

Francis Caffrey

Father
(uncredited)

John Close

Mid-Pacific Pilot
(uncredited)

Russ Conway

Airliner Co-Pilot
(uncredited)

Alice Cunningham

Mrs. Hobart
(uncredited)

Mila Del Sol

Filipino Stewardess
(uncredited)

Clint Eastwood

Ballard
(uncredited)

Ureo Egawa

Chief of Kyoto Police
(uncredited)

Rintarô Fujima

Burlesque Theater Tenor
(uncredited)

Director
- Arthur Lubin
Writer
- Winston Miller
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7SnoopyStyle

fun exotic escapade

Six year old Tony Saunders is flying alone on a commercial flight from Manila to Japan. He's to join his parents waiting in Tokyo. The plane crashes in the ocean and the boy is rescued by a fishing family. The family's boy Hiko is able to speak some English. Upon arriving home, the parents go to alert the police. Hiko fears that Tony is going to jail and the two boys run away.

This should cut back on some of the parents' scenes and add more with the kids. It's basically a Disney movie in exotic Japan. That part is a lot of fun and very cute. It is indeed an escapade in Japan. This is a good look into post-war everyday Japan. The parents part does have some good emotions but it threatens to be too melodramatic at times. The kids part is the best. The climax is a bit scary. This is a fun exotic escapade.

7mb4084

1950s Japan in colour

Caught this harmless little story on TV recently. In this film we can see Japan in the 1950s before the great economic breakthough. Nostalgic and fascinating period shots of cities, temples, steam trains, geisha houses etc. Better than some documentaries as a record of those times and it was good to see the kindness shown by all the Japanese characters towards the lost American boy. Both kids were sensible and well mannered.

7olddiscs

Good Attempt at healing US/Japanese relations!!

pleasant family fare which also makes an attempt to understand the Japanese & their culture..Attempts might seem dated now but in 1957 Pearl Harbor was still fresh in the minds of Americans..This film tries to overcome the animosities between the nations..Harmless, pleasant well paced and well acted..Jon Provost was a very good young actor.. as was the oriental young boy (sorry dont know his name)

8nigel-hawkes

A Little Gem

Just saw this again on the BBC.

There must be something horribly wrong with modern Hollywood that we get more enjoyment from 50-year-old movies. This little gem has lovely, bright colour (not the dungeon quality we get now), has super performances, particularly from the young leads, works well as a story and also as a very interesting travelogue of post-war Japan.

No foul language and you feel good afterwards.

I'm just so pleased that with TV and DVD we can see these wonderful older movies and introduce them to our own children. I would add this to the list of must-show-to-the-children movies like the Flicka ones and the old Joel McCrea "Cattle Drive" and "Saddle Tramp".

7Tokugawa

Very Enjoyable Family Fare

I agree with other reviewers of this film. It is quite good. You can watch it just to see what Japan looked like in the 1950's. You can watch it to see Jon Provost's first role; we remember him from "Lassie". You can enjoy the chase. Pretty cinematography too; filmed in very nice color. Worth watching if you ever see it on cable or dish. Nice movie.

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Trivia
According to Screenwriter Winston Miller, this movie was the first post-War movie that portrayed the Japanese "as nice people."

Goofs
How did a small boy from a crashing plane end up in an inflatable life raft by himself? Seems like a dramatic turn of events worth including in the story, even if just in a line of dialogue.

Crazy credits
The following general acknowledgment is presented in the opening credits: "The producers are indebted... to the Japanese citizenry and public officials, and to civil and religious authorities for granting permission, for the first time, to photograph inside sacred shrines and temples."