The Barbarian and the Geisha

==The Barbarian and the Geisha==
1958, directed by John Huston
(IMDB Link) TCM Summary: 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.
*John Wayne - Townsend Harris
*Eiko Ando - Okichi
*Sam Jaffe - Henry Heusken
*Sô Yamamura - Governor Tamura (as So Yamamura)
*Ryuzo Demura - Thug (uncredited)
*Kodaya 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 Robbins - Lt. Fisher (uncredited)
*Norman Thomson - Captain Edmunds (uncredited)
*Hiroshi Yamato - The Shogun (uncredited)
Category:Japan
Category:History
Category:US History
Category:Diplomacy
Category:Shogun
Category:RItual Suicide
Category:Geisha
Category:Ambassador
Category:International Relations
Category:1840s
Category:1958