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The aristocratic landowner Puntila is warm and affectionate when drunk but cold and miserly when sober. His daughter Eva loves Matti, her father’s chauffeur, while Puntila tries to arrange her marriage to an attaché; Matti’s final resignation exposes the class barrier between them.
After the United States threatens to bombard Shimoda in 1854, Japanese officials ask geisha Okichi to serve the American consul to protect the city. Celebrated as a patriot, Okichi later faces the collapse of her marriage, public abuse, and poverty. Brecht and Wuolijoki's adaptation frames her story through interludes in which international guests discuss its political meaning.
The aristocratic landowner Puntila is warm and affectionate when drunk but cold and miserly when sober. His daughter Eva loves Matti, her father’s chauffeur, while Puntila tries to arrange her marriage to an attaché; Matti’s final resignation exposes the class barrier between them.
After the United States threatens to bombard Shimoda in 1854, Japanese officials ask geisha Okichi to serve the American consul to protect the city. Celebrated as a patriot, Okichi later faces the collapse of her marriage, public abuse, and poverty. Brecht and Wuolijoki's adaptation frames her story through interludes in which international guests discuss its political meaning.