Two men talk in Tokyo. One, a Belgian, is a diplomat. The other, Dutch, is a
photographer. What, they wonder, is the real face of Japan? How can they get
beyond the European idea of the nation and its people--with its exoticism--and
see Japan as it truly is? The Belgian has an idea: he helps the photographer
find a model to shoot in front of Mount Fuji as the typical Japanese. The plan
works better than either had imagined--in fact, it works too well: the
photographer falls in love, neglects his friend and his career, and, feeling out
of place and disillusioned in Holland, returns to