

3 votes
1968
1h 43m
This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing, would threaten Japanese/American relations. Doc Willoughby is the ship's petty officer, whose antics are constantly getting him into trouble with his captain. On shore leave, Willoughby falls for a seemingly demure Japanese girl in a kimono shop, who actually turns out to be a Japanese/American nurse in the US Navy, Lt. Tomiko Momoyama. However, it turns out she was betrothed as a child to a traditional Japanese man named Toshi, who fully intends on enforcing tradition. Willoughby divides his time between trying to return the Buddha statue back to the Japanese village it rightfully belongs to, and trying to woo Tomiko from the traditional Japanese man she rightfully belongs to.
Directed by Alan Rafkin

Doug McClure
Doc Willoughby
Marian Collier
Terry Abelard
James Whitmore
Capt. Mike Riley
David Hartman
Boats McCafferty
Nancy Kwan
Nurse Tomiko Momyama
Gary Vinson
Walt Purdy
James Shigeta
Diver Toshi O'HaraSteve Carlson
Johnny Crane
George Furth
Hamner
Keye Luke
Gondai-SanJill Donohue
Marci AdlerBea Bradley
Lt. LargeJim Creech
Mr. BaylessJerry Fujikawa
WatanabeBetty Kerwin
Christine
Edward Faulkner
John Abelard
James Hong
NarratorMargaret Willis
Elderly WomanStatus
Released
Release date
January 12, 1968
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English

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