The Teahouse of the August Moon (play)
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1953 play written by John Patrick adapted from the 1951 novel by Vern Sneider. The play was later adapted for film in 1956, and the 1970 Broadway musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen.
John Forsythe as Fisby and David Wayne as Sakini on Broadway in 1954
The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Marlon Brando. It satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945.
Theatrical release poster
Machiko Kyō, Marlon Brando, and Glenn Ford in The Teahouse of the August Moon