Madame Butterfly
Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Screenplay by	Carmine Gallone Iwao Mori[1]
Based on	Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Starring	Kaoru Yachigusa Nicola Filacuridi Michiko Tanaka
Cinematography	Claude Renoir[1]
Edited by	Niccolò Lazzari[1]
Music by	Giacomo Puccini[1]
Production companies	Toho Rizzoli Films Gallone[1]
Distributed by	Toho (Japan)
Release dates	1954 (1954) (Italy[citation needed]) 1955 June 3 (3-06-1955) (Japan)
Running time	81 minutes[2]
Countries	Italy Japan[1]
Language	Italian

Madame Butterfly (Italian: Madama Butterfly) is a 1954 musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Kaoru Yachigusa, Nicola Filacuridi and Michiko Tanaka.^[3] It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly which is based on David Belasco's short story of the same name.

Cast

• Kaoru Yachigusa as Madame Butterfly, sung by Orietta Moscucci^[4]
• Nicola Filacuridi as Pinkerton, sung by Giuseppe Campora
• Michiko Tanaka as Suzuki, sung by Gianna Maria Canale
• Ferdinando Lidonni as Sharpless, the Consul
• Kiyoshi Takagi as Goro, sung by Paolo Carloni
• Yoshio Kosugi as Bonze, sung by Plinio Clabassi
• Tetsu Nakamura as Yamadori, sung by Adelio Zagonara
• Josephine Corry as Kate Pinkerton

Production

Madame Butterfly was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome between October and December 1954.^[1]

Release

Madame Butterfly was distributed theatrically in Japan on 3 June 1955.^[1] It was released in the United States by I.F.E. in Italian with English subtitles on 23 April 1956.^[1] It was reissued in 1970 by Cinemation Industries.^[1]