Madame Butterfly (1954 film)

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly
Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Screenplay by	Carmine Gallone; Iwao Mori;
Based on	Madama Butterfly; by Giacomo Puccini
Starring	Kaoru Yachigusa; Nicola Filacuridi; Michiko Tanaka;
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Edited by	Niccolò Lazzari
Music by	Giacomo Puccini
Production; companies	Toho; Rizzoli Films; Gallone;
Distributed by	Toho (Japan)
Release dates	1954 (Italy[citation needed]); 1955 June 3 (Japan);
Running time	81 minutes
Countries	Italy; Japan;
Language	Italian

Madame Butterfly (Italian: Madama Butterfly) is a 1954 musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Kaoru Yachigusa, Nicola Filacuridi and Michiko Tanaka.^[3] It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly which is based on David Belasco's short story of the same name.

Cast[edit]

Kaoru Yachigusa as Madame Butterfly, sung by Orietta Moscucci^[4]
Nicola Filacuridi as Pinkerton, sung by Giuseppe Campora
Michiko Tanaka as Suzuki, sung by Gianna Maria Canale
Ferdinando Lidonni as Sharpless, the Consul
Kiyoshi Takagi as Goro, sung by Paolo Carloni
Yoshio Kosugi as Bonze, sung by Plinio Clabassi
Tetsu Nakamura as Yamadori, sung by Adelio Zagonara
Josephine Corry as Kate Pinkerton

Production[edit]

Madame Butterfly was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome between October and December 1954.^[1]

Release[edit]

Madame Butterfly was distributed theatrically in Japan on 3 June 1955.^[1] It was released in the United States by I.F.E. in Italian with English subtitles on 23 April 1956.^[1] It was reissued in 1970 by Cinemation Industries.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 111.
^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 108.
^ Goble 1999, p. 291.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese. p. 213.

Bibliography[edit]

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter.

External links[edit]

Madame Butterfly (1954) at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008111-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008108-2] Galbraith IV 2008, p. 108.

[FOOTNOTEGoble1999291-3] Goble 1999, p. 291.

[4] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese. p. 213.

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Source	"Madame Butterfly" (1898 short story) Madame Butterfly (1900 play) Madame Chrysanthème (1887 novel)
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