Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup),Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

• Sachiko
• Paramount Pictures
• Shirley MacLaine
• Yves Montand
• Edward G. Robinson
• Robert Cummings
• Yoko Tani
• Tatsuo Saitō
• Tamae Kyokawa
• Ichirô Hayakawa