The movie Tea House of the August Moon (1956 MGM) finds Okinawa, after 800 years of foreign occupation, in 1946 once again being occupied – this time by the Americans. Adapted from the Pulitzer-winning play by John Patrick, Captain Fisby (Glenn Ford) is presented with a gift cricket cage. Cricket brings good luck, explains his wily interpreter Sakini (Marlon Brando). But now he must catch his cricket, somewhat assisted by an organic farm loving army psychiatrist (Eddie Albert) and the geisha Lotus Blossom (Machiko Kyo).