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The Barbarian and the Geisha ()

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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.
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Townsend Harris
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Okichi
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Henry Heusken
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Governor Tamura
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryuzo Demura ...
Thug (uncredited)
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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)
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Captain Edmunds (uncredited)
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The Shogun (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Huston

Written by

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Charles Grayson ... (screenplay)
 
Ellis St. Joseph ... (story)
 
Nigel Balchin ... (revised dialogue) (uncredited)
 
James Edward Grant ... () (uncredited)
 
Alfred Hayes ... (revised dialogue) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Eugene Frenke ... producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Hugo Friedhofer

Cinematography by

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Charles G. Clarke ... director of photography

Editing by

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Stuart Gilmore

Editorial Department

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Leonard Doss ... color consultant (uncredited)

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Jack Martin Smith
Lyle R. Wheeler

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Don Greenwood Jr.
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by

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Charles Le Maire

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Web Overlander ... makeup artist (as Webb Overlander)
Ben Nye ... makeup supervisor (uncredited)
Helen Turpin ... hair styles supervisor (uncredited)
Haruhiko Yamada ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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William Eckhardt ... unit manager (uncredited)

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Joseph E. Rickards ... assistant director
Joseph Lenzi ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Joseph E. Markarof ... assistant director (uncredited)
Mike Salamunovich ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Don B. Greenwood ... property master (uncredited)
Tatsumi Toda ... assistant: art department (uncredited)
Will Williams ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Warren B. Delaplain ... sound
W.D. Flick ... sound
William Buffinger ... recordist (uncredited)
Carlton W. Faulkner ... sound supervisor (uncredited)
Walter Rossi ... sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Donn Draeger ... stunts
Chuck Roberson ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Walter Fitchman ... grip (uncredited)
Til Gabani ... camera operator (uncredited)
Arthur Gerstle ... camera assistant (uncredited)
William Huffman ... gaffer (uncredited)
Bob Landry ... special photographer (uncredited)
Scotty McEwin ... camera assistant (uncredited)
Hiroshi Mori ... still photographer (uncredited)
Paul Vogel ... camera operator (uncredited)
Charles Wise ... head electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Charles Le Maire ... executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
Ed Wynigear ... wardrobe director (uncredited)

Music Department

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George Adams ... supervising music editor (uncredited)
Münchner Symphoniker ... music performed by (uncredited)
Lionel Newman ... musical director (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Teinosuke Kinugasa ... script supervisor
Angela Allen ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Mitsuo Hirotsu ... technical supervisor
Minoru Inuzuka ... dialogue coach
Kisaku Itô ... technical art advisor (as Kisaku Itoh)
Paul Nakaoka ... assistant to producer
Kampo Yoshikawa ... technical advisor: Japan
John Campbell ... publicist (uncredited)
Ken Ishii ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Tony Kuroda ... interpreter (uncredited)
Joe Shinomiya ... interpreter (uncredited)
Burt Steiner ... dialogue director: retakes (uncredited)

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Plot 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. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines The geisha girl they sent to love and to destroy the barbarian from the west! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Townsend Harris Story (United States)
  • The Barbarian (United States)
  • The Black Ships (Japan, English title)
  • Le barbare et la geisha (France)
  • Der Barbar und die Geisha (Germany)
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  • 105 min
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Budget $3,500,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Based 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. See more »
Goofs At one point, Townsend calls to his Chinese servant Sam; this was not, as some thought, a mistaken reference to an actor's real name. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001). See more »
Quotes Henry Heusken: My hat!
Townsend Harris: Well, let him have it, Henry. It doesn't fit you anyway.
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