The Cool Mikado

Duration: 81 min

Release date: 1963-01-07

IMDB

In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl. This enrages her Yakuza fiancé who kidnaps him.

Music Comedy

The Cool Mikado

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Ko-Ko Flintridge

as Judge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch

as Pooh-Bah, Private Detective

as Ronald Fortescue

Jacqueline Jones

Jacqueline Jones

Jill Mai Meredith

Jill Mai Meredith

C. Denier Warren

C. Denier Warren

as Art teacher (uncredited)

as Espresso waitress (uncredited)

as Aeroplane passenger (uncredited)

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Derek Barrington

Derek Barrington

Production Design

Maurice Browning

Maurice Browning

Barbara Barnard

Barbara Barnard

Supervising Editor

Camera Operator

Assistant Director

Production Manager

William S. Gilbert

William S. Gilbert

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