Unable to find living space to rent in overcrowded Tokyo on their leave from the Korean War, CPO Andy Cyphers (Glenn Ford) and his trio of American Navy combat cameramen take up residence in an off-limits geisha house.
The gobs and the girls get on just fine until the Navy goes looking for its wayward photographers.
To avert complete disaster, Andy and his major associate in trouble, Murray Prince (the inimitable Donald O’Connor) convert the house into an ‘orphanage’.
The top brass then want to see their living quarters and the non-existent toddlers. There follows a frantic scramble to round up a group of neighbourhood kids to play the orphans.
The press gives the fake orphanage a big spread, and cash pours in from stateside. Presto! A real orphanage is founded as the last reel fades out, and some of the sailors marry some of the geisdhas.
CPO Andy Cyphers
Glenn Ford Murray Prince
Donald O’Connor Chiyoko
Miiko Taka Suzuki
James Shigeta Harue
Miyoshi Umeki Harakichi
Michi Kobi Vice Admiral Junius B. Bennett
Howard St. John John McIntosh
Joe Flynn Lank
Chet Douglas Koyuki
Tsuruko Kobayashi Mrs Bennett
Harriet E. MacGibbon Mr Endo
Robert Kino Izumi
Bob Okazaki Chaplain
Harlan Warde Camille Cameron
Nancy Kovack Lt. Glick
Ted Knight Alan Lyman
Bill Quinn Keiko
Ciyo Nakasone
The gobs and the girls get on just fine until the Navy goes looking for its wayward photographers.
CPO Andy Cyphers
Chiyoko
Lank
