My Geisha (1962)

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man – and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new “discovery” seems vaguely familiar…

• disguise
• falling in love
• geisha
• husband wife relationship
• japan
• jealousy
• kimono
• love triangle
• mistaken identity
• screen test
• tokyo