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Teahouse of the August Moon

Teahouse of the August Moon

1956

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Jun 11, 2025
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Great movies can come from the most unexpected places. Take Teahouse of the August Moon, a 1956 film adaptation of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic play of the same name in which Marlon Brando plays a Japanese man during the American occupation of Okinawa. Red flags immediately soar. I wouldn’t have watched it (I saw Brando play Mexican in Viva Z…

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