Eiko Ando
Ando was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo( today Northeast China), to a Japanese industrialist.
When the Communists took over the family fled back to Japan.
After her father died in 1953, she went to work as a singer and then as a burlesque dancer.
At the time of filming for" The Barbarian and the Geisha" she was and weighed.
When director John Huston was looking for an actress for the part of Okichi, a friend of Ando's who worked in the Tokyo office of 20th Century- Fox recommended Ando to Huston.
Once Huston saw her, after auditioning 33 other actresses, he and producer Eugene Frenke were done looking, mainly because of her height over the other women.
Manning Haynes
Horace Manning Haynes( born: Lyminster, Sussex – died 3 March 1957, Epsom, England)( often credited as H. Manning Haynes) was a British- born film director and actor.
He was married to the screenwriter Lydia Hayward, with whom he frequently worked.
Manning Haynes ’ film career as an actor began in 1918's" Lead Kindly Light".
Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s.
He usually billed himself professionally as H. Manning Haynes.
Highland Fling (film)
Highland Fling is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Charlie Naughton, Jimmy Gold and Frederick Bradshaw.
It was made as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox at Wembley Studios.
Two incompetent detective search for a missing document at the Highland Games.
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston( August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist.
Huston was a citizen of the United States by birth but renounced U.S. citizenship to become an Irish citizen and resident.
He returned to the United States, where he lived the rest of his life.
He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics:" The Maltese Falcon"( 1941)," The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"( 1948)," The Asphalt Jungle"( 1950)," The African Queen"( 1951)," The Misfits"( 1961)," Fat City"( 1972)," The Man Who Would Be King"( 1975) and" Prizzi's Honor"( 1986).
During his 46- year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins.
Huston studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years.
He explored the visual aspects of his films throughout his career, sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting.
While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, with little editing needed.
Some of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting an" heroic quest," as in" Moby Dick", or" The Red Badge of Courage".
In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming" destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension.
Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism, and war.
Huston has been referred to as" a titana rebel", and a" renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry.
Author Ian Freer describes him as" cinema's Ernest Hemingway" — a filmmaker who was" never afraid to tackle tough issues head on."
John Milius
John Frederick Milius( born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures.
He was a writer for the first two" Dirty Harry" films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of" Apocalypse Now," and wrote and directed" The Wind and the LionConan the Barbarian", and" Red Dawn."
He later served as the co-creator of the Primetime Emmy Award- winning HBO series" Rome".
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Eugene Frenke
Eugene Frenke( 1 January 1895- 10 March 1984) was a Russian- born film producer, director and writer.
He twice collaborated with the director John Huston on the films" Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" and" The Barbarian and the Geisha".
He was married to fellow Ukrainian, actress Anna Sten, from 1932 until his death in 1984.
She appeared in a number of his films.
John Nord
John Nord( born October 18, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler.
He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association and World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980s as Nord the Barbarian and Yukon John and with the World Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s as The Berzerker and under his birth name.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha( working titles The Townsend Harris Story and The Barbarian) is a 1958 American biographical film drama in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color from 20th Century Fox.
It was produced by Eugene Frenke, directed by John Huston, and stars John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, and Japanese actress Eiko Ando.
The film was shot primarily on location in Japan.
Townsend Harris is appointed the first Consul General to Japan.
Upon his arrival, Harris discovers that the Japanese thoroughly mistrust all foreigners, despite a two- year old treaty between Japan and the United States.
Harris slowly earns the respect of the local governor and trust of the local townsfolk and is eventually granted an audience with Japan's military dictator, the Shōgun.
The Geisha and the Samurai
The Geisha and the Samurai( German: Die Geisha und der Samurai) is a 1919 German silent film directed by Carl Boese.

Question: Do both directors of films Highland Fling (film) and The Barbarian and the Geisha have the same nationality?
Answer: no