Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.
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Cast
- Sylvia SidneyCho-cho San
- Cary GrantLieutenant Pinkerton
- Charles RugglesLieutenant Barton
- Irving PichelYamadori
- Helen Jerome EddyCho-cho San's Mother
- Edmund BreeseCho-cho San's Grandfather
- Louise CarterSuzuki
- Sándor KállayGoro
- Judith VosselliMadame Goro
- Sheila TerryAdelaide
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- Marion GeringDirector
- Joseph Moncure MarchScreenplay
- Josephine LovettScreenplay
- David AbelDirector of Photography
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- Jane LoringEditor
- B.P. SchulbergProducer
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