The Mikado
1987, English. Directed by Peter Robinson & John Michael Phillips.
Operetta, Musical
Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The result, complete with a chorus of gentlemen of Japan as cartoon-like British peers, emphatically underscores the Englishness of the satire. The occasional non sequiturs, like a bunch of gentry dressed for Ascot and singing in Japanese, are loonily fun, and no more absurd than the fantasyland Japan that Gilbert and Sullivan invented. The time frame, though, seems little more than an excuse for a smart black-and-white production design.
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1987
- Written by
- William S. Gilbert
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The Mikado runs 130 minutes (2h 10m).
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The Mikado isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1987. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Mikado?
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Who directed The Mikado?
The Mikado (1987) was directed by Peter Robinson and John Michael Phillips and stars Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone.