7 Women 1966  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Seven Women
Director: John Ford
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock, Anna Lee, Woody Strode, Betty Field, Eddie Albert, Mike Mazurki, Irene Tsu
China, in the mid-1930s, was ravaged by war. This is the story of women missionaries in North China who were beset by a band of thieving warriors. This was John Ford's last film.
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Caprice 1967  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Michael J. Pollard, Edward Mulhare, Lilia Skala, Irene Tsu
Cosmetics executive Patricia Fowler (Doris Day) vies with Christopher White (Richard Harris) for the formula behind a new make-up. Oh, Doris, why would you make such a bad movie?
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Flower Drum Song 1961 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, James Hong, Victor Sen Yung, Kam Tong, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Soo Yong, Ching Wah Lee, Irene Tsu, George Chakiris
This screen version of the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway musical provides an entertaining look at San Francisco's Chinatown. Mail-order-bride Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in Chinatown prepared for her arranged marriage to nightclub owner Sammy Fong (Jack Soo). But, Sammy is not interested in the arranged marriage and is in love with Linda Low (Nancy Kwan) who happens to be romantically involved with Wang Ta (James Shigeta). Through comedy and music, lovers are sorted out, and, by story's end, Mei Li and Wang Ta have found romance. Songs include "I Enjoy Being a Girl," "Love Look Away," and "You Are Beautiful."
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The Green Berets 1968   N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Wayne
Cast: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Bruce Cabot, Jack Soo, Patrick Wayne, Raymond St. Jacques, George Takei, Mike Henry, Luke Askew, Irene Tsu, Edward Faulkner, Jason Evers, Craig Jue
John Wayne moves out of the World War II genre and plays Col. Mike Kirby who leads his special forces Green Berets in the Viet Nam War. Liberal war correspondent George Beckworth (David Janssen) accompanies Col. Kirby and his troops and, as time passes, begins to understand more about the conflict and even joins in the fighting. One of the missions they accomplish is to courageously go behind enemy lines to kidnap a Viet Cong general. This film features the song, "Ballad of the Green Berets," sung by Sgt. Barry Sadler. 1 User Review
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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 1965 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Asher
Cast: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck, Beverly Adams, John Ashley, Jody McCrea, Irene Tsu, Frankie Avalon, Buster Keaton
Frankie Avalon bows out of the series in this sixth of the "Beach Party" movies, showing up only in a cameo appearance. He is being shipped out for naval reserve training, and to make sure that his girlfriend, Dee Dee (Annette Funicello), does not go out with Ricky (Dwayne Hickman), he gets help from a witch doctor (Buster Keaton). This results in a beautiful woman showing up to occupy Ricky's attention.
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Paper Tiger 1975  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: David Niven, Toshiro Mifune, Hardy Kruger, Jeff Corey, Ivan Desny, Ronald Fraser, Ando, Irene Tsu, Miiko Taka
When an English schoolteacher (David Niven) and the Japanese ambassador's son (Ando) are kidnapped by terrorists, the tutor is able to act out his dreams of heroism.
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Paradise, Hawaiian Style 1966 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Michael D. Moore
Cast: Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Donna Butterworth, Philip Ahn, Marianna Hill, Irene Tsu, John Doucette, Grady Sutton, Mary Treen, Julie Parrish, Jan Shepard, Doris Packer, Don Collier, Linda Wong
After being blacklisted by major airlines for his romantic trysts with female staff members, pilot Rick Richards (Elvis Presley) and his friend Danny Kohana (James Shigeta) start up a helicopter charter service in Hawaii. Rick's plan is to find romance with different girls as he travels from island to island. Judy Hudson (Suzanna Leigh) serves as their secretary, and she is just one of the women Rick romances. Will Rick ever learn that mixing his ideas of romance with flying is not a good idea?
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Take Her, She's Mine 1963 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Sandra Dee, Audrey Meadows, Robert Morley, John McGiver, Bob Denver, Irene Tsu, Philippe Forquet, Marcel Hillaire, Maurice Marsac
This family comedy involves problems imagined by the father, Frank Michaelson (James Stewart), when his daughter Mollie (Sandra Dee) heads off to college.
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Under the Yum Yum Tree 1963 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, Edie Adams, Imogene Coca, Paul Lynde, Robert Lansing, Bill Bixby, Bill Erwin, Cliff Carnell, Irene Tsu, Joy Harmon, Celeste Yarnall, Lyn Edgington
A young couple, Robin (Carol Lynley) and David (Dean Jones), rent an apartment–not knowing that their landlord, the rakish Hogan (Jack Lemmon) has plans to seduce Robin.
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| 1. 7 Women (1966)
aka: Seven Women
2. Caprice (1967)
3. Flower Drum Song (1961)
4. The Green Berets (1968)
5. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
6. Paper Tiger (1975)
7. Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
8. Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
9. Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
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