The Mikado (1939)
1h 30m
Running Time
May 1, 1939Release Date
The Mikado (1939)
1h 30m
Running Time
May 1, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.
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This Movie Is About.
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Cast & Crew.
Kenny Baker
Nanki-Poo
John Barclay
The Mikado
Martyn Green
Ko-Ko
Sydney Granville
Pooh-Bah
Gregory Stroud
Pish-Tush
Jean Colin
Yum-Yum
W.S. Gilbert
Writer
Constance Willis
Katisha
Elizabeth Paynter
Pitti-Sing
Kathleen Naylor
Peep-Bo
Leslie Phillips
Boy
Victor Schertzinger
Director
William S. Gilbert
Writer
Arthur Sullivan
Songs
Geoffrey Toye
Writer
Bernard Knowles
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 1, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingG
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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Wiki.
The Mikado is a 1939 British musical comedy film based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado. Shot in Technicolor, the film stars Martyn Green as Ko-Ko, Sydney Granville as Pooh-Bah, the American singer Kenny Baker as Nanki-Poo and Jean Colin as Yum-Yum. Many of the other leads and choristers were or had been members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.