A Girl Named Tamiko
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Sturges
Laurence Harvey
France Nuyen
Martha Hyer
Gary Merrill
Michael Wilding
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ivan Kalin is a cynical and calculating Russo-Chinese photographer working in Tokyo. Embittered because the Japanese killed his parents, he attempts to get a visa to the United States by currying favor with Fay Wilson, a receptionist at the U. S. Embassy. Ivan begins an affair with her in the hopes of meeting Max Wilson, Fay's "protector" and a good business contact. Eiko, a bar hostess living with Ivan, realizes that she has lost him and moves in with Ivan's art dealer friend, Nigel Costairs, an expatriate from England who eventually marries Eiko. A short time later, Ivan meets Tamiko, the daughter of an old and respected Japanese family, who is the librarian at the Foreign Press Club. In the hopes of making a name for himself before reaching the United States, Ivan persuades Tamiko to introduce him to Kimitaka, a famous Japanese painter. Though forbidden to photograph the painter, he does so anyway and his photographs are a success. At the same time, Ivan finds himself falling in love with Tamiko. Fay maintains her sexual hold on him by arranging to take him to the United States, and, despite his love for Tamiko, he decides to leave Japan. Once at the airport, however, he realizes he cannot go with Fay. After making his apologies, he dashes off to find Tamiko.
Director
John Sturges
Cast
Laurence Harvey
France Nuyen
Martha Hyer
Gary Merrill
Michael Wilding
Miyoshi Umeki
Steve Brodie
John Mamo
Bob Okazaki
Richard Loo
Lee Patrick
Philip Ahn
David Lewis
Ray Teal
Crew
Edward Anhalt
Elmer Bernstein
Richard Blaydon
Sam Comer
Charles Grenzbach
Joseph H. Hazen
Edith Head
W. Wallace Kelley
Arthur Krams
Charles Lang Jr.
Harold Lewis
Warren Low
D. Michael Moore
Paul Nathan
Hal Pereira
Walter Tyler
Film Details
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Notes
Location scenes filmed at the Toshogu Shrine at Nikko, the Todaiji Temple, Lake Biwa near Kyoto, and Tokyo.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter February 1963
Released in United States Winter February 1963
