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The Barbarian and the Geisha
“The geisha girl they sent to love and to destroy the barbarian from the west!”
★ 6.1/10 TMDB
1958-09-30
105 min
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.
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Billed Cast
John Wayne
Townsend Harris
Eiko Ando
Okichi
Sam Jaffe
Henry Heusken
So Yamamura
Governor Tamura
Ryuzo Demura
Thug (uncredited)
Takeshi Kumagai
(uncredited)
Fuyukichi Maki
(uncredited)
Kodayu Ichikawa
(uncredited)
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