{"product_id":"mikado","title":"Mikado [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]","description":"Though it boasts an American director and star, this Technicolor cinemadaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta The Mikado is a faithful record of what it must have been like to attend a performance of Britain's D'Oyly Carte opera company. Rradio tenor Kenny Baker stars as Nanki-Poo, the wand'ring minstrel who wanders into a curious set of situations in the Japanese village of Titi-Pu. D'Oyly Carte perennial Martyn Green plays the leading role of Ko-Ko, the timorous Lord High Executioner who must perform one execution per day or he'll lose his job-and his own head. Ko-Ko finds a likely candidate for decapitation in the form of Nanki-Poo, who feels mighty suicidal when it seems as though his sweetheart Yum-Yum (Jean Cola) is out of his reach. Unbeknownst to Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo is the son of none other than The Mikado, played with a combination of pomp, circumstance and Noel Cowardlike waspishness by Sydney Granville. Most of the satirical Gilbert \u0026amp; Sullivan songs have been retained, including \"The Lord High Executioner\", \"Three Little Maids from School are We\", \"Tit Willow\", \"Here's a How-de-Do\", and \"The Object Most Sublime\". Musical accompaniment is provided by the London Symphony Orchestra.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44367982199071,"sku":"715515069113","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/products\/f931318ddcf30910602c88407bb626c0.jpg?v=1698387788","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/mikado","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}