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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 55
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 49 min
A typical length for comedies, +9 min on the typical 100
typical 100109Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1986
May 31, 1986
40 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 7 more15 people
- Yukihiro TakahashiShohei Nemoto
- Kyō KanokoMari Marimura
- Miyoko AkazaFujiko Kinugasa
- Wakaba IrieAki
- Yuji MiyakeKobayashi the Tile Craftsman
- MSMasaaki ShireiSelf
- KNKangorō NakamuraDirector
- AHAsuka HisashiScripter
- NKNorikazu KobayashiAssistant Director
- YSYoshitaka SakamotoCameraman
- Akio YokoyamaManager
- Toru MinegishiEntertainment Reporter
- James MikiTV Presenter
Shigeru IzumiyaFujio Fujisawa
Tetsuro TambaPanapora Chief Handa
Directing · 2
- Nobuhiko Obayashi Director, Screenplay, Editor
- Tadashi Naitô Assistant Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- James Miki Story, Screenplay
Production · 7
- Yukihiro Takahashi Producer, Original Music Composer
- Kunihiko Murai Producer
- Zuihô Hayashi Producer
- Toshio Nemoto Producer
- Michio Morioka Producer
- Hisashi Yamamoto Producer
Camera · 1
- Kenji Watanabe Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Shouhei Hayashi Sound Designer
Art · 1
- Kazuo Satsuya Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Haruo Kawashima Lighting Technician
Other crew · 2
- Kazumi Inamura Sound Recordist
- Yoshitaka Sakamoto Cinematography
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