

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.

Sylvia Sidney
Cho-cho San
Lead
Cary Grant
Lieutenant Pinkerton

Charles Ruggles
Lieutenant Barton

Irving Pichel
Yamadori

Helen Jerome Eddy
Cho-cho San's Mother

Edmund Breese
Cho-cho San's Grandfather

Louise Carter
Suzuki
Sándor Kállay
Goro
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