Film
The Mikado
1987 · 2h 10m · Romance · Comedy · TV Movie
Operetta, Musical
- IMDb
- 7.8
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Overview
Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The result, complete with a chorus of gentlemen of Japan as cartoon-like British peers, emphatically underscores the Englishness of the satire. The occasional non sequiturs, like a bunch of gentry dressed for Ascot and singing in Japanese, are loonily fun, and no more absurd than the fantasyland Japan that Gilbert and Sullivan invented. The time frame, though, seems little more than an excuse for a smart black-and-white production design.
Cast
Eric Idle
Ko-Ko
Lesley Garrett
Yum-Yum
Bonaventura Bottone
Nanki-Poo
Richard van Allen
Pooh-Bah
Felicity Palmer
Katisha
Richard Angas
The Mikado of Japan
Susan Bullock
Peep-Bo
Ethna Robinson
Pitti-Sing
Mark Richardson
Pish-Tush
Crew
- Peter RobinsonDirector
- John Michael PhillipsDirector
- William S. GilbertWriter
- Jonathan MillerProducer
- Arthur SullivanOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1987
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, TV Movie
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