Flower Drum Song

Starring: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, et al.

Residents of San Francisco's Chinatown mix East with West in custom and culture, ending with a double wedding.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 025192419027
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Henry Koster
• Starring: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall, Jack Soo, Benson Fong, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Kam Tong, Victor Sen Yung
• Runtime: 2 hours, 13 minutes
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Color; Dolby; NTSC; Special Edition; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

A hundred million miracles.

I first saw this play in the 1950s in an open theater in southern California. All I remember was the song and sitting among palm trees. This play or musical is based on a novel by C.Y. Lee. Very well adapted for the screen by Joseph Fields and Oscar Hammerstein. They made everything look smooth and natural. Even the surrealistic scenes seemed like stepping into the person's head. There are several other dimensions to this movie, such as the characters being played by well-known actors such as Nancy Kwan, Miyoshi Umeki, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, and Jack Soo. To add to that are many memorable songs such as "A Hundred Million Miracles", "I Enjoy Being a Girl", You Are Beautiful", and "Love Look Away." Most of the scenery is of stage play quality. The basic story is a lot of love triangle overlap in San Francisco's Chinatown, where Eastern and Western cultures clash. We also have generation clashes. Seems like everyone is mixed up as to who loves whom. So will they be able to straighten this out? Will we learn anything about love and family in the process? The special edition DVD has all the standard goodies as interviews with actors. The voice-over commentary has mostly Nancy Kwan talking about her role in “The World of Suzie Wong.”