Escapade in Japan (1957)

★ 5.6 1h 33m IMDb
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A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriended by a fisherman's son, with the two setting off on an unintended journey across the country.

Escapade in Japan

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Cast

Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright as Mary Saunders Died 2005 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress. Her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination came in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. She recei...
Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell as Dick Saunders Died 1994 · Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA Cameron Mitchell (November 4, 1918 – July 6, 1994) was an American film, television and Broadway actor with close ties to one of Canada's most successful families, and considered, by Lee Strasberg, to...
Jon Provost
Jon Provost as Tony Saunders Age 76 · Los Angeles, California, U.S Jonathan Bion Provost is an American actor, best known for his role as young Timmy Martin in the CBS series Lassie. Wikipedia.
Philip Ober
Philip Ober as Lt. Col. Hargrave Died 1982 · Fort Payne, Alabama, USA Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films F...
Kuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake as Michiko Tanaka Died 1992 · Saitama, Japon Kuniko Miyake (三宅 邦子, Miyake Kuniko, 17 September 1916 – 4 November 1992) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 180 films from 1934 to 1991..
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood as Dumbo Pilot Age 96 · San Francisco, California, USA Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is a retired American film actor, director, producer, composer, and former politician. Following his breakthrough role on the TV series "Rawhide" (1959...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 7/10 Jan 09, 2022
Not sure if it's a good film or not all in all, but <em>'Escapade in Japan'</em> is rather wholesome so I enjoyed it.

Can kid actors Jon Provost and Roger Nakagawa act? Not to be harsh, but no. However, that honestly doesn't even matter as they're extremely likeable and pretty adorable together across the film's plot. On the latter, it's a thin and far-fetched story, yet it works to create a cute adventure.

Cameron Mitchell and Teresa Wright are alright elsewhere on the cast, while Clint Eastwood makes his last fully uncredited role with a minor showing. The film missteps one or two times, but overall it's proper sweet. It also shows, from what I could tell anyway, Japanese culture off well, which wasn't always going to be case for a release from this era.

If you were to be critical it probably isn't all that, but it's charming and I'd undoubtedly watch it again. Deserves more eyes on it.

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