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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.
Flower Drum Song: Directed by Henry Koster. With Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo. A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Henry Koster
- 1962-03-28
Released Nov 9, 1961 2h 13m Musical Comedy List. 79% Tomatometer 56 Reviews 72% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In this adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, Chinese...
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- Nancy Kwan
- Henry Koster
- Musical, Comedy
Flower Drum Song. In this adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, Chinese immigrant Mei Li is betrothed to nightclub boss Sammy Fong, but he wants to marry showgirl...
- 131 min
- 6K
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Flower Drum Song - (Original Trailer) A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical comedy Flower Drum Song (1961).
- Henry Koster, Phil Bowles
- Nancy Kwan
Flower Drum Song (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. It premiered on Broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the West End and on tour. It was adapted for a 1961 musical film.
