Gung Ho (film)
Gung Ho( released in Australia as Working Class Man) is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton.
The story portrayed the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation( although the title is an Americanized Chinese expression, for" work" and" together").
Most of the movie was filmed on location in the Pittsburgh area with additional scenes shot in Tokyo and Argentina.
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.
Gung Ho!
Gung Ho!( full title: Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders) is a 1943 American war film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott.
The story is based somewhat on the real- life World War II Makin Island raid led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson's 2nd Marine Raider Battalion.
Clean and Sober
Clean and Sober is a 1988 American drama film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and starring Michael Keaton as a real estate agent struggling with a substance abuse problem.
This film served as Keaton's second dramatic departure from comedies, after" Touch and Go".
The supporting cast includes Kathy Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Morgan Freeman, Luca Bercovici and Tate Donovan.
Ron Howard, who previously directed Keaton in the comedies" Night Shift"( 1982) and" Gung Ho"( 1986), served as co-producer.
Edwin Blum
Edwin Harvey Blum( 2 August 1906 – 2 May 1995) was an American screenwriter.
He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and died in Santa Monica, California.
Films written by Blum include" Stalag 17 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and" Gung Ho".
Rodney Kageyama
Rodney Masao Kageyama (November 1, 1941 – December 9, 2018) was an American stage, film and TV actor.
He was a Nisei Japanese American (second-generation) and besides acting in Asian American theater groups, he was also a director and designer.
With his roles in the “Gung Ho” film and television series and the “Karate Kid” franchise, he was a trailblazer for Asian Americans in Hollywood.
Joe Dakota
Joe Dakota( also known as" Spara Joe ... e così sia!") is a 1972 Spaghetti Western film directed by Emilio Miraglia.
This 1972 movie should not be confused with a 1957 movie by the same name, directed by Richard Bartlett, starring Jock Mahoney and Luana Patten( plus Lee van Cleef in a minor role).
Emilio Miraglia
Emilio Paolo Miraglia( born 1924 in Casarano) is an Italian film director.
He began working in film as a director's assistant and technician and worked on many B movies.
Miraglia is known for his two early 1970s giallo films," The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" and" The Red Queen Kills Seven Times".
Jihmi Kennedy
Jihmi Kennedy( born November 1956) is an American actor who is best known for his roles in" Glory" and" Gung Ho".
After co-starring in several notable films during the 1980s, he quit acting and worked as a teacher in North Carolina for most of the 1990s.
He returned to acting in 2001.
Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard( born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor.
Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest- starring in several television series, including an episode of" The Twilight Zone".
He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor( played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom" The Andy Griffith Show" from 1960 through 1968.
During this time, he also appeared in the musical film" The Music Man"( 1962), a critical and commercial success.
Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming- of- age film" American Graffiti"( 1973), which received widespread acclaim and became one of the most profitable films of all time.
The following year, Howard became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom" Happy Days", a role he would play from 1974 through 1980.
Howard continued appearing in films during this time, such as the western film" The Shootist"( 1976) and the comedy film" Grand Theft Auto"( 1977), which also marked his directorial debut.
In 1980, Howard left" Happy Days" to focus on directing.
His films include the science- fiction/ fantasy" Cocoon"( 1985), the fantasy" Willow"( 1988), the thriller" Backdraft"( 1991), the historical docudrama" Apollo 13"( 1995), the Christmas comedy" How the Grinch Stole Christmas", the biographical drama" A Beautiful Mind"( 2001), the biographical sports drama" Cinderella Man"( 2005), the thriller" The Da Vinci Code"( 2006), the historical drama" Frost/ Nixon"( 2008),( 2018), and the documentary" Pavarotti"( 2019).
For" A Beautiful Mind", Howard won the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.
In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Asteroid
12561 Howard is named after him.
He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013.
Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.

Question: Do both films, Gung Ho (film) and Joe Dakota, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no