The Barbarian and the Geisha

Also known as Le Barbare et la geisha, O Barbaro e a Gueixa, O Bárbaro e a Geisha

“The geisha girl they sent to love and to destroy the barbarian from the west!”

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.