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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1958-09-30
Languageen
Runtime1h 45m
Production

20th Century Fox

6.1(46)
•1958•1h 45m

The Barbarian and the Geisha

"The geisha girl they sent to love and to destroy the barbarian from the west!"

DramaRomance

Overview

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.

Director
John Huston
Writing & Screenplay
Charles Grayson
Cinematography
Charles G. Clarke

Principal Cast

8 credited
John Wayne
John WayneTownsend Harris
Eiko Ando
Eiko AndoOkichi
Sam Jaffe
Sam JaffeHenry Heusken
So Yamamura
So YamamuraGovernor Tamura
RD
Ryuzo DemuraThug (uncredited)
TK
Takeshi Kumagai(uncredited)
FM
Fuyukichi Maki(uncredited)
Kodayu Ichikawa
Kodayu Ichikawa(uncredited)

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