The M.I.C.E Quotient...Tells Stories
First Contact - Man & Apes; Europeans (specifically an Englishman) & Japanese.
Milieu - a monkey planet; feudal Japan.
Explorer - Ulysse Merou (or Taylor); John Blackthorne.
Culture - Ape culture; Japanese culture.
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Bolle or Shogun by James Clavell