What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
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- PG
- 1h 20min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 02 Nov 1966 (USA)
- Movie
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| Woody Allen | ... |
Woody Allen / Dub Voice / Projectionist
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The Lovin' Spoonful | ... |
The Lovin' Spoonful
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| Frank Buxton | ... |
Vocal Assist (voice)
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| Louise Lasser | ... |
Suki Yaki (voice)
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| Julie Bennett | ... |
Vocal Assist (voice)
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Len Maxwell | ... |
Vocal Assist (voice)
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Mickey Rose | ... |
Vocal Assist (voice)
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Bryna Wilson | ... |
Vocal Assist (voice)
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| Tatsuya Mihashi | ... |
Phil Moscowitz (archiveFootage)
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| Mie Hama | ... |
Teri Yaki (archiveFootage)
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| Akiko Wakabayashi | ... |
Suki Yaki (archiveFootage)
(as Kiko Wakabayashi)
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| Hideyo Amamoto | ... |
Cobra Man (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Steve Boone | ... |
Steve Boone - The Lovin' Spoonful (uncredited)
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Joe Butler | ... |
Joe Butler - The Lovin' Spoonful (uncredited)
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| Susumu Kurobe | ... |
Wing Fat (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| China Lee | ... |
Stripper During End Credits (uncredited)
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| Kumi Mizuno | ... |
Phil's Date (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Tadao Nakamaru | ... |
Shepherd Wong (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Tetsu Nakamura | ... |
Foreign Minister (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Sachio Sakai | ... |
Hoodlum (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| John Sebastian | ... |
John Sebastian - The Lovin' Spoonful (uncredited)
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Zal Yanovsky | ... |
Zal Yanovsky - The Lovin' Spoonful (uncredited)
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| Osman Yusuf | ... |
Gambler (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Woody Allen | ... | (aided & abetted by) |
| Senkichi Taniguchi | ||
Written by
| Woody Allen | ... | (special material by) |
| Frank Buxton | ... | (with writings by) & |
| Louise Lasser | ... | (with writings by) & |
| Julie Bennett | ... | (with writings by) & |
| Len Maxwell | ... | (with writings by) & |
| Mickey Rose | ... | (with writings by) & |
| Bryna Wilson | ... | (with writings by) |
| Hideo Andô | ... | (written by: original Japanese version) (as Hideo Ando) |
| Ben Shapiro | ... | (production conception) |
Produced by
| Woody Allen | ... | associate producer |
| Reuben Bercovitch | ... | production of |
| Shin Morita | ... | produced by: original Japanese version (as Makoto Morita) |
| Henry G. Saperstein | ... | executive producer / production of |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | ... | produced by: original Japanese version |
Music by
| The Lovin' Spoonful | ... | (score written & performed by) |
Cinematography by
| Kazuo Yamada | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
| Richard Krown | ... | editorial supervisor |
Production Management
| Jerry Goldstein | ... | production manager |
Music Department
| Jack Lewis | ... | music editor |
| The Lovin' Spoonful | ... | title song written & performed by |
| Fred Weinberg | ... | music score engineer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Sue Kelly | ... | script girl |
Additional Crew
| Samuel Z. Arkoff | ... | present |
| James H. Nicholson | ... | present |
| Phill Norman | ... | title sequence by |
Production Companies
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- Toho (production: original Japanese version)
Distributors
- American International Pictures (AIP) (1966) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Astral Films (1966) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1968) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Focus Film Distributors (1975) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Benedict Pictures (1978) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Roadshow Films (1975) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Media Home Entertainment (1978) (United States) (VHS)
- Ascot Filmverleih (1981) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Vestron Video (1983) (United States) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Second Sight Films (1997) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Vértice 360 (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Kama Sutra Records (exclusive recording artists for)
- United Productions of America (UPA) (title conception by)
- Murakami-Wolf Productions (title sequence by)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Writer/director Woody Allen explains that when he was asked to supervise the making of the definitive spy thriller, what he decided to do was acquire the rights to a B-grade Japanese spy caper (Key of Keys (1965)) filmed with Japanese actors in Japanese, delete the existing soundtrack, and redub into English and reorder select scenes to create an entirely new movie, a comedy, having nothing to do with the original story-line. The result... International spy Phil Moscowitz, working out of the Asia bureau, is a self-professed lovable rogue with sex always on his mind. He inadvertently gets involved in a mission, the client the Grand Exalted High Majah of Raspur. The success of the mission will determine if Raspur, a non-existent country that nonetheless sounds real, will indeed become real. Moscowitz is to retrieve something stolen from the Majah by criminal Shepherd Wong: the best ever egg salad recipe. Phil is to be assisted by two of the Majah's own agents, sisters Teri and Suki Yaki, the latter a recent prison escapee. The mission becomes more difficult when they learn that Shepherd is an egg salad junkie who will do anything to keep the recipe. The mission gets even more complicated when they also learn that they are in competition to retrieve the recipe by Wing Fat, another criminal who plans to steal the recipe then sell it back to addicted Shepherd. The success or failure of the mission for Phil and the Yaki sisters may be dependent if they receive the extra help needed from the audience and the projectionist at the cinemas where the movie is playing. Written by Huggo |
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| Taglines | ...IT'S ALL ABOUT LIFE, LOVE...FUN See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The addition of The Lovin' Spoonful was a studio imposition to bump up the running time. Woody Allen was so incensed by this that he threatened to sue the studio, although he later recanted when the film became a hit. See more » |
| Goofs | When the Port of Yokohama is shown, the captions call it "Yokahama". See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (1964). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | There are no ending credits. Instead, the film concludes with Woody Allen nonchalantly lounging on a couch and eating an apple, while China Lee (who does not appear elsewhere in the film) performs a striptease. A slow-moving series of titles appear to the right of the screen reading: "The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental. And if you have been reading this instead of looking at the girl, then see your psychiatrist, or go to a good eye doctor." An eye chart scrolls by as Lee continues her routine, but as she prepares to remove her panties, Allen stops her and tells the audience, "I promised I'd put her in the film... somewhere". The scene freezes on this moment as a "The End" title card appears. See more » |
| Quotes |
Teri Yaki:
[talking about Shepherd Wong]
I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse. See more » |