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An American colonel (Glenn Ford) is tasked with enforcing democracy in a small Okinawan village but slowly begins to embrace the villagers’ hedonistic lifestyle in this off-kilter comedy based on the play by John Patrick. It’s a sweet and exuberant film, though Marlon Brando’s performance as an Okinawan interpreter earns some notoriety. My favorite scene finds Ford being forcibly disrobed by a geisha girl (Machiko Kyo from Rashomon) while on the phone with his superior officer. With Eddie Albert and Henry Morgan.