as for her,it's the kind of beauty who even today passes.
Very true.
Posts from Stumpy in thread „The Barbarian And The Geisha (1958)“
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Statler also wrote a book about the real Townsend Harris and his story in Japan, unfortunately I don't know the title.
I think the book you're talking about is "Shimoda Story", dukefan.
You sound like a person who's also spent some time in Japan. I was there in the Fifties with the Navy and fell in love with the place. -
I've said this several times but it bears repeating. This is a favorite with me, if for no other reason because the Duke plays against type. Furthermore, I thought he did an excellent job. And during the movie, I detected no signs that he was uncomfortable with either the role or direction.
I spent a considerable amount of time in Japan during the Fifties and found the Japanese people to my liking. They were (and may still be, for all I know) some of the cleanest and most industrious humans I've ever met. (And as a lusty young sailor back then, I especially liked the Japanese gals
They were among the most feminine and anxious to please of any females I've ever met. I've heard, or read, that Japanese women are raised from birth to please a man, and I can well believe it. Of course, they may have caught that feminist disease by now.)It's funny but during WW2, I was taught to hate the Japanese, just as I was the Germans. Since the, I've learned that much of that teaching was pure propaganda.
