The Teahouse of the August Moon

Marlon Brando went out on yet another creative limb when he insisted upon playing sly, philosophical Okinawan interpreter Sakima in the 1956 filmization of John Patrick's Broadway play Teahouse of the August Moon. While he occasionally lapses into "flied lice" stereotyping, for the most part Brando ...more

Marlon Brando was starting to stretch by 1956, after becoming instantly famous for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. Critical response to his parts in the 1955 musical Guys and Dolls and the 1956 light comedy-drama The Teahouse of the August Moon were all over the map. Brando was already confounding expectations, as he would continue to do for the rest of his career. The Teahouse of the August Moon was adapted by writer John Patrick from his own successful Broadway ...more