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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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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.
Average Shot Length = ~10.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~9.7 seconds.
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.
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Also directed by John Huston




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Also produced by Darryl F. Zanuck




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Also released in 1958




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