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Just after the end of WWII, a team of American naval photographers lodge in a Japanese geisha house. Led by Glenn Ford ("Andy") they have some light-hearted adventures as, aided by Donald O'Connor's "Price", the sailors learn a little of the culture of their hostesses and more ab…
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Cry for Happy
“You'll cry for happy, happy, happy when four U.S. sailors take over a geisha house...geisha girls and all !”
56%
Movie
1h 50m
AI Analysis
Cry for Happy (1961) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Cry for Happy (1961) — a movie tagged as Romance and Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~110 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Cry for Happy 56% (8 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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from 8 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1961-03-03
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- TMDB rating
- 5.6
- TMDB ID
- 129166
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What is Cry for Happy about?
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
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The official runtime for Cry for Happy is approximately 110 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Glenn Ford
Andy Cyphers
Donald O'Connor
Murray Prince
James Shigeta
Suzuki
Miiko Taka
Chiyoko
Miyoshi Umeki
Harue
Michi Kobi
Harakichi
Howard St. John
Vice Adm. Junius B. Bennett
Joe Flynn
John McIntosh
- C
Chet Douglas
Lank
Tsuruko Kobayashi
Koyuki
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Harriet E. MacGibbon
Mrs. Bennett
- R
Robert Kino
Mr. Endo
Bob Okazaki
Izumi
- H
Harlan Warde
Chaplain
Nancy Kovack
Camille Cameron
- C
Chick Hearn
Commander (uncredited)
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Just after the end of WWII, a team of American naval photographers lodge in a Japanese geisha house. Led by Glenn Ford ("Andy") they have some light-hearted adventures as, aided by Donald O'Connor's "Price", the sailors learn a little of the culture of their hostesses and more about their tradition (i.e. they are not hookers). Simultaneously, they must try to avoid their bosses jumping to any inaccurate conclusions - even if that means pretending that they are really running an orphanage! It's a bit of a one joke film, this; O'Connor really doesn't look like he wants to be there at all and though it does have flashes of humour, I just felt they were too few and far between in this colourful and friendly, but otherwise quite sluggish, drama.
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