there be often badly match couple ( in the general sense of the term ) in huston movie representafrican queen heaven know mister allison root of heaven misfit . the barbarian and the geisha ( check the title ) be another good example and so to speak . it seem that japanese stuff be trendy at the time a such work a sayonara the world of suzie wong and the teahouse of the august moon bear witness . huston effort might be the bad of this rather bad lot ( with the exception of susie maybe ) . john wayne perfectly fit in ford world and in huston he like a bull in a china shop . his japanese partner be totally bland . even the dramatic scene ( cholera epidemic ) do not save the movie from absolute boredom . only those utterly enamour of huston every work need to choose this and among all his other great movie around .