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Bookmark this pageSeven Nights in Japan (1976)
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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From Time Out Film Guide
A loose update of Roman Holiday, with Michael York in the Audrey Hepburn role and without Wyler's witty handling. It's the hoariest of escapist fantasies, mixing royalty (in disguise as a common chap, no less), romance and foreign parts in equal measure as our Prince - obviously Charles, though called George - absconds from convincingly boring duties to savour love on the loose with a Japanese tour guide. The first two nights slip by painlessly enough, but after that it's minutes one counts, not nights. There's an alarmingly silly assassination plot, and only very tentative gags (like the familiar voice on the telephone, backed by yelping corgis).Author: VG
Cast & crew
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Producer: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael York, Hidemi Aoki, James Villiers, Peter Jones, Charles Gray, Lionel Murton, Yolande Donlan full cast
Duration: 104 mins
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