Rawhide: Incident of the Geisha (1963)
Season 6, Episode 13
6/10
The great catfish
3 September 2016
You never know what you'll find on the trail. Robert Cabal in chasing a wild stallion gets thrown from his horse, after said stallion injures Clint Eastwood. When he wakes up he finds he's being ministered to by Miyoshi Umeki playing a Japanese geisha girl.

Pretty soon the whole trail gang from Eric Fleming on down is being pampered by Umeki. Eastwood has injured his back she provides some healing treatments.

But the problems come when some passing Kiowas mistake the geisha girl for some mythical princess and want to take her away.

Miyoshi Umeki is wonderful in the role of the geisha who even tames the savage Kiowa with her knowledge and use of 'the great catfish'. Now you may ask what it is, it is her culture's description of a natural phenomenon she uses to help out the trail herd.

Think of Bing Crosby in A Connecticut Yankee and that eclipse. This is along the same lines.
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