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What's Up, Tiger Lily?

1966 · 80 min

A silly, joke-packed spoof where the dubbing does all the work, making the serious spy footage feel like a live-action cartoon.

Directed by
Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres
Action, Comedy
Starring
Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama
Tagline
He's not the world's greatest lover... but 8th place is not bad!
Overview
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.

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Directed by
Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres
Action, Comedy
Starring
Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
None
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour9
Realism3
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
action, comedy
Directed by
Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Written by
Louise Lasser, Hideo Ando, Frank Buxton, Woody Allen
Starring
Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tadao Nakamaru, Susumu Kurobe, Woody Allen, China Lee, John Sebastian
Cinematography
Kazuo Yamada
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America, Japan
Languages
English, Japanese

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