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Paper Tiger

They saw him as a hero....but could he live up to it?

6.2(15)19751h 40m1

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
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Language
English
  • japan
  • ransom
  • tutor
  • veteran

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Ken Annakin

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical5 Nov 1975
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical1 May 1976

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Paper Tiger was released on 5 November 1975.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/19/2024

    6/10

    David Niven is the epitome of the retired English soldier "Major Bradbury" in this gently comedic thriller. He is hired to tutor the young son of the Japanese Ambassador (Toshirô Mifune) to another, somewhat less democratic nation. When he and the young boy "Koichi" (Ando) are kidnapped and held to ransom by some local freedom fighters, it soon transpires that "Maj. Bradbury" may have been exaggerating his credential…

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