The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) |
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| Director(s) | John Huston |
| Producer(s) | Darryl F. Zanuck, Eugene Frenke |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Historical, Romance |
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John Wayne(as Townsend Harris)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Released
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Released
1958
John Wayne
(as Townsend Harris)
Sam Jaffe(as Henry Heusken)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Released
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Released
1958
Sam Jaffe
(as Henry Heusken)
The Barbarian and the Geisha Overview:
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by John Huston and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Eugene Frenke.
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Average Shot Length = ~10.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~9.7 seconds.
While making The Barbarian and the Geisha, John Wayne apparently became so enraged with director John Huston (who was something of a tough guy himself and was nearly as tall as Wayne, but not as massive) that he throttled and punched him out. It is unknown what Huston did to earn the beating, but the director was known to have a mean streak. Wayne later re-enacted the incident for Peter Bogdanovich, who was somewhat terrified to be used as a substitute for Huston.
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.
John Huston later dismissed this film, claiming that the final version, re-cut by the studio, didn't resemble his vision at all and that he would've liked to have his name removed from the credits. Stylistically, Huston wanted to make it a particularly Japanese film in terms of photography, pacing, color and narration. According to him, only bits of this attempt were still intact and visible in the theatrical version.
Director Anthony Mann owned the rights to this story, but sold it to Fox after being unable to sign a big enough star to play the lead.