Name: What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 1966-11-02
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tadao Nakamaru, Susumu Kurobe

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He's not the world's greatest lover... but 8th place is not bad!

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.

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Re-Dubbed Comedy
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Pastiche
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Fast-Paced

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Directed by: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Written by: Woody Allen, Len Maxwell, Julie Bennett
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Reuben Bercovitch, Shin Morita

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November 2, 1966 · 1 h 20 min · Action, Comedy

Released: November 2, 1966
Runtime: 1 h 20 min
Genres: Action, Comedy
Original language: English
Also spoken: Japanese
Made in: United States, Japan
Budget: $400,000
Available in: 1 country

Tropes

And Call Him "George", Interchangeable Asian Cultures, Gag Dub +9

And Call Him "George"
Interchangeable Asian Cultures
Gag Dub
Flowery Insults
Punny Name
Audience Participation
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Animated Credits Opening
Soundtrack Dissonance
Not My Driver
Bowdlerized
Stop Being Stereotypical

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Where can I stream What's Up, Tiger Lily??

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Is What's Up, Tiger Lily? worth watching?

64

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Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 64 (IMDb 5.8, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, and Metacritic 63). Critics rate it higher (72 out of 100) than audiences (58).

Will What's Up, Tiger Lily? make me laugh?

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Yes: the humor is mostly slapstick (8 of 10) and absurd humor (7 of 10).