The Barbarian and the Geisha

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

John Huston

Writing Credits

Charles Grayson
(screenplay)
Ellis St. Joseph
(story)
Nigel Balchin
(revised dialogue) (uncredited)
James Edward Grant
(uncredited)
Alfred Hayes
(revised dialogue) (uncredited)

Cast

John Wayne
Townsend Harris
Eiko Ando
Okichi
Sam Jaffe
Henry Heusken
Sô Yamamura
Governor Tamura
Ryuzo Demura
Thug
Kodayû Ichikawa
Daimyo
Tokujiro Iketaniuchi
Harusha
Fuji Kasai
Lord Hotta
Takeshi Kumagai
Chamberlain
Fuyukichi Maki
Peasant
Morita
Prime Minister
James Robins
Lt. Fisher
William Ross
Soldier
Norman Earl Thomson
Captain Edmunds
Hiroshi Yamato
The Shogun

Produced by

Eugene Frenke
producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

Hugo Friedhofer

Cinematography by

Charles G. Clarke
director of photography

Editing by

Stuart Gilmore

Art Direction by

Jack Martin Smith
Lyle R. Wheeler

Set Decoration by

Don Greenwood Jr.
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by

Charles Le Maire

Makeup Department

Web Overlander
makeup artist (as Webb Overlander)
Ben Nye
makeup supervisor (uncredited)
Helen Turpin
hair styles supervisor (uncredited)
Haruhiko Yamada
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

William Eckhardt
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph E. Rickards
assistant director
Joseph Lenzi
second assistant director (uncredited)
Joseph E. Markarof
assistant director (uncredited)
Mike Salamunovich
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Don B. Greenwood
property master (uncredited)
Tatsumi Toda
assistant: art department (uncredited)
Will Williams
movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Warren B. Delaplain
sound
W.D. Flick
sound
William Buffinger
recordist (uncredited)
Carlton W. Faulkner
sound supervisor (uncredited)
Walter Rossi
sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts

Donn Draeger
stunts
Chuck Roberson
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Walter Fitchman
grip (uncredited)
Til Gabani
camera operator (uncredited)
Arthur Gerstle
camera assistant (uncredited)
William Huffman
gaffer (uncredited)
Bob Landry
special photographer (uncredited)
Scotty McEwin
camera assistant (uncredited)
Hiroshi Mori
still photographer (uncredited)
Paul Vogel
camera operator (uncredited)
Charles Wise
head electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Charles Le Maire
executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
Ed Wynigear
wardrobe director (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Leonard Doss
color consultant (uncredited)

Music Department

George Adams
supervising music editor (uncredited)
Münchner Symphoniker
music performed by (uncredited)
Lionel Newman
musical director (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell
orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Teinosuke Kinugasa
script supervisor
Angela Allen
script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Mitsuo Hirotsu
technical supervisor
Minoru Inuzuka
dialogue coach
Kisaku Itô
technical art advisor (as Kisaku Itoh)
Paul Nakaoka
assistant to producer
Kampo Yoshikawa
technical advisor: Japan
John Campbell
publicist (uncredited)
Ken Ishii
technical advisor (uncredited)
Tony Kuroda
interpreter (uncredited)
Joe Shinomiya
interpreter (uncredited)
Burt Steiner
dialogue director: retakes (uncredited)
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