American Geisha (1986)
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The made-for-television American Geisha was based on the published reminiscences of real-life anthropologist Liza Dalby. Pam Dawber stars as the Dalby counterpart, here renamed Gillian Burke. As part of the research for her Stanford University grad-school thesis, Gillian heads to the Japanese town of Kyoto, there to work as an authentic geisha girl. Richard Narita costars as the Japanese gentleman with whom Gillian falls in love. Less than a year before American Geisha's September 11, 1986 premiere, Narita essayed a similar role in the white-slavery melodrama Girls of the White Orchid. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Pam Dawber - Gillian Burke
- Takayo Fischer - Okaasan
- Emily Kuroda - Kikusen
- Dorothy McGuire - Ann Suzuki
- Claire Nono - Yoshiko
- Stephanie Faracy - Katy
- Robert Ito - Mr. Hashimoto
- Lily Mariye - Shizue
- Beulah Quo - Kangoro's Mother
- Richard Narita - Kangoro
- Director(s):
- Lee Philips
- Writer(s):
- Judith Paige Mitchell
- Producer(s):
- Richard L. O'Connor
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