Flower Drum Song (1961)
November 9, 1961Release Date
Flower Drum Song (1961)
November 9, 1961Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Nancy Kwan
Linda Low
James Shigeta
Wang Ta
Benson Fong
Wang Chi-Yang
Jack Soo
'Sammy' Fong
Juanita Hall
'Auntie' Liang
Reiko Sato
Helen Chao
Patrick Adiarte
Wang San
Kam Tong
Doctor Li
Victor Sen Yung
Frankie Wing
Soo Yong
Madame Ten Fong
Ching Wah Lee
Professor
James Hong
Headwaiter
Miyoshi Umeki
Mei Li
B.J. Baker
Linda Low (singing voice) (uncredited)
George Chakiris
Dancer (song 'Chop Suey') (uncredited)
Joan Swift
Singer (uncredited)
Irene Tsu
Dancer (uncredited)
Laurette Luez
TV Mexican Girl
Jane Chung
Woman (uncredited)
Joseph Fields
Screenplay / Associate Producer
C.Y. Lee
Novel
Henry Koster
Director
Ross Hunter
Producer
Milton Carruth
Editor
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Joseph C. Wright
Art Designer
Alexander Golitzen
Art Designer
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer / Conductor / Music Supervisor
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist / Musical
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 9, 1961
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
Content RatingNR
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Flower Drum Song is a 1961 American musical film directed by Henry Koster, adapted from the 1958 Broadway musical Flower Drum Song, written by the composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, in turn based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the Chinese American author Chin Yang Lee. The film stars Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Jack Soo, Benson Fong and Juanita Hall. It was nominated for five Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture β Musical or Comedy.
Flower Drum Song became the first major Hollywood feature film to have a majority Asian-American cast in a contemporary Asian-American story. It would be the last film to do so for more than 30 years, until The Joy Luck Club (1993). In 2008, Flower Drum Song was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".