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.

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Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Cho-Cho San

Cary Grant

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

Charles Ruggles

Lieutenant Barton

Irving Pichel

Yamadori

Helen Jerome Eddy

Cho-Cho's Mother

Edmund Breese

Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Louise Carter

Suzuki

Judith Vosselli

Madame Goro

Sheila Terry

Adelaide Pinkerton

Dorothy Libaire

Peach Blossom

Berton Churchill

Mr. Sharpless

Charita