Joe Butterfly
1957, English. Directed by Jesse Hibbs.
The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Jesse HibbsDirector
- Burgess MeredithJoe Butterfly
- Audie MurphyPvt. Joe Woodley
- George NaderSgt. Ed Kennedy
- Keenan WynnHarold Hathaway
- Keiko ShimaChieko
- Fred ClarkCol. E.E. Fuller
- John AgarSgt. Dick Mason
- Charles McGrawSgt. Jim McNulty
- Shinpei ShimazakiBoku
- Reiko HigaFalse Tokyo Rose
- Tatsuo SaitōSakayama
- Chizu ShimazakiMother
Details
- Released
- 29 May 1957
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Sy Gomberg, Jack Sher, Marion Hargrove
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Joe Butterfly isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 May 1957. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Joe Butterfly?
Joe Butterfly (1957) was directed by Jesse Hibbs and stars Burgess Meredith, Audie Murphy, George Nader.