LWD Film Club ~ The Teahouse of the August Moon

Welcome to a new feature here on Life With Dee – The LWD Film Club. Each month I’ll share a film recommendation. I’ve been meaning to watch more films and I thought it would be fun for us all to do it together. For our March film I’ve selected the 1956 film, “The Teahouse of the August Moon”.

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The Teahouse of the August Moon

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America’s drive to change the world in the post-war years. One year after World War II, Captain Fisby is sent to the village of Tobiki in Okinawa to teach the people democracy. The first step is to build a school–but the wily Okinawans know what they really want. They tell him about their culture and traditions–and persuade him to build something they really want instead: a teahouse. Fisby has a hard time breaking this news to his superiors. (IMBd synopsis)