Flower Drum Song Movie Review 1961

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical played better on Broadway than in this overblown adaptation of life in San Francisco's Chinatown. Umeki plays the young girl who arrives from Hong Kong for an arranged marriage. Her intended (Soo) is a fast-living nightclub owner already enjoying the love of singer Kwan. Meanwhile Umeki falls for the handsome Shigeta. Naturally, everything comes together in a happy ending.

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Available on VHS
Running time 133 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Dance Fever, Adapted from a Musical, Asia, Plays to Film: Rodgers & Hammerstein, San Francisco

Cast

Nancy Kwan, Jack Soo, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall

Cinematography

Russell Metty

Director

Henry Koster

Music

Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein

Producer

Ross Hunter