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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorous
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Plot:
- ImmigrantsOpposites AttractCouple RelationsFall in LoveForbidden LoveImpossible LoveLooking for LoveLove Triangle more...
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Genres:
- MusicalRomanceIndependentComedy
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Place:
- CaliforniaSan FranciscoUSANightclub
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Based on:
- Based on BookBased on Play
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Show Tunes
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Flower Drum Song, 1961
English, Cantonese
USA
Profile of Flower Drum Song
The mood of Flower Drum Song is feel good and humorous. The plot centers around impossible love, immigrants, and opposites attracting. It is an independent, romance, and musical movie. In approach, Flower Drum Song is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a nightclub. The setting is San Francisco. The musical score of Flower Drum Song is show tunes. It is adapted from a play and based on a book.
Summary of Flower Drum Song
In this adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, Chinese immigrant Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) is betrothed to nightclub boss Sammy Fong (Jack Soo), but he wants to marry showgirl Linda Low (Nancy Kwan). To get out of the arrangement, Sammy pawns her off to wealthy Master Wang (Benson Fong) as a fiancée for his son, Wang Ta (Victor Sen Yung) ]. Mei Li falls in love with Wang, but he wants to pursue Linda, who takes advantage of his affections to test Sammy's love.
Details
| Language: | English, Cantonese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 November 1961 |
| Runtime: | 133 min |
Cast and Crew
as Samuel Adams 'Sammy' Fong
as Linda Low
as Wang Ta
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