1000 miles to Yokohama
| Movie | |
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| German title | 1000 miles to Yokohama |
| Original title | A majority of one |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 156 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mervyn LeRoy |
| script | Leonard Spigelgass |
| production | Mervyn LeRoy |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| cut | Philip W. Anderson |
| occupation | |
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1000 miles to Yokohama (Original title: A Majority of One ) is an American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy from 1961 . The screenplay is based on the play of the same name by screenwriter Leonard Spigelgass. In Germany, the film premiered on June 10, 1984 on television ( ZDF ).
action
Mrs. Jacoby from Brooklyn lost her husband in World War II, who died in the Pacific War . Her daughter Alice and her fiancé Jerry Black want to go to Japan. Mrs. Jacoby accompanies them on the voyage. Jerry is supposed to be present at a contract negotiation with a trade delegation. On the ship, Mrs. Jacoby meets the Japanese industrialist Mr. Asano, whose family also experienced tragic events during the war. The friendship between the two ends when Jerry suspects that Mr. Asano, who is a member of the delegation, wants to exploit this friendship with his mother politically. Although his mother denies this suspicion, she does not meet with Mr. Asano on the last evening.
Negotiations begin in Japan. Jerry acts aggressively towards Mr. Asano, so that the negotiations fail. Mrs. Jacoby secretly visits Mr. Asano in his apartment. It makes him resume negotiations, which are then successful and to everyone's satisfaction. As the Americans prepare to return home, Mr. Asano proposes marriage. Mrs. Jacoby is irritated by the proposal and also by Alice and Jerry's negative attitude. But she refuses on the grounds that they are both trapped in their memories of their spouses.
Months later, Mr. Asano comes to New York as a member of a UN delegation. He meets Mrs. Jacoby again, who now accepts his proposal.
Reviews
"A somewhat instructive, but sympathetic comedy with melodramatic accents, which combines its message of reconciliation between nations with light self-ironic accents."
Awards
Golden Globe 1962
- Golden Globe in the Best Film (Comedy / Musical) category
- Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy / Musical) to Rosalind Russell
- Special Golden Globe for the best film for international understanding (Best Film Promoting International Understanding)
- Nomination in the Best Color Camera category for Harry Stradling
Further awards / nominations
- 1962 nomination for the WGA Award of the Writers Guild of America for Leonard Spigelgass for the best comedy
- 1962 DGA Directors Guild of America nomination for Mervyn LeRoy for Best Director
- 5th place in the Top Comedy category at the 1962 Laurel Awards .
background
For Alan Mowbray, the role in the production of Warner Bros. was the last appearance in a movie. Until his death in 1969 he only worked for television. Director Mervyn LeRoy shot three more after this film until he retired from the film business.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1000 miles to Yokohama. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .