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In 1856, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha.In 1856, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha.In 1856, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha.
Ryuzo Demura
- Thug
- (uncredited)
Kodayû Ichikawa
- Daimyo
- (uncredited)
Tokujiro Iketaniuchi
- Harusha
- (uncredited)
Fuji Kasai
- Lord Hotta
- (uncredited)
Takeshi Kumagai
- Chamberlain
- (uncredited)
Fuyukichi Maki
- Peasant
- (uncredited)
Morita
- Prime Minister
- (uncredited)
James Robins
- Lt. Fisher
- (uncredited)
William Ross
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Norman Earl Thomson
- Captain Edmunds
- (uncredited)
Hiroshi Yamato
- The Shogun
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaBased on the true story of American diplomat Townsend Harris, his time in Japan in the 1850s and 60s, and his romance with a 17-year-old geisha named Kichi. Their story is one of the most well-known folk tales in Japan. The real Harris died in New York in 1878, and the real Kichi committed suicide in Shimoda in 1892.
- GoofsAt one point, Townsend calls to his Chinese servant Sam; this was not, as some thought, a mistaken reference to an actor's real name.
- Quotes
Henry Heusken: My hat!
Townsend Harris: Well, let him have it, Henry. It doesn't fit you anyway.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
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Surprising social sensitivity so soon after a horrific war.
When you consider that this movie was made only 13 years after the end of the war in the Pacific, with its brutality and carnage, it is quite surprising to see that the "The Barbarian and the Geisha" tries to to present the clash of cultures, 100 years earlier, with such apparent equity and fairness.
While some may see John Wayne as the archetypical posterboy for American jingoism, in fact his character clearly tries to understand the country in which he is trying to establish the consulate, and shows genuine remorse, not arrogance, in noting that in early part of his assignment, all that the Americans had established was a cholera epidemic and the torching of the city to quell it.
While the interracial love story behind the title was somewhat superficial, I thought that the more important aspects of colliding cultures and political shadowboxing was quite interesting and well presented.
While some may see John Wayne as the archetypical posterboy for American jingoism, in fact his character clearly tries to understand the country in which he is trying to establish the consulate, and shows genuine remorse, not arrogance, in noting that in early part of his assignment, all that the Americans had established was a cholera epidemic and the torching of the city to quell it.
While the interracial love story behind the title was somewhat superficial, I thought that the more important aspects of colliding cultures and political shadowboxing was quite interesting and well presented.
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- kenwest
- Jan 19, 2002
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- Also known as
- The Barbarian
- Filming locations
- Kyoto, Japan(Nijojo Castle)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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