Made in Japan (Playhouse 90)

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"Made in Japan"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 22
Directed byHerbert Hirschman
Written byLeslie Stevens
Original air dateMarch 5, 1959 (1959-03-05)
Running time1:30
Guest appearances
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"Made in Japan" was an American television play broadcast on March 5, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90 . The cast included Harry Guardino, E.G. Marshall, and Dean Stockwell. Herbert Hirschman was the director and Leslie Stevens the writer.

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Plot

An American soldier in postwar Japan has an affair with a Japanese woman. When he seeks to break it off, she tells him that she broke off her engagement to a Japanese man and that she expects him to do the same with his American fiancée.

Cast

The cast included the following: [1]

Production

The program aired on March 5, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Leslie Stevens was the writer and Herbert Hirschman the director. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Playhouse 90: Made in Japan". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.