SummaryWhen a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of cultures.
Directed By:Ron Howard
Written By:Edwin Blum, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
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48
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The film would be funnier and more provocative if it took a stronger stand on one side or the other, but Howard chooses to hedge his bets, selecting an ending that celebrates brotherhood more than the strongly hinted- at notion that American workers would do well to get off their featherbedding backs.
70
Drawn from real life, the conflict between cultures is good for both a laugh and a sober thought along the way.
50
The movie isn't really about America and Japan at all; it's about set-ups for gags. [14 Mar 1986, p.D2]
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Howard entices us into overlooking the film's faults with some genuinely amusing scenes, particularly those featuring Japanese-American Gedde Watanabe as a beleaguered Assan executive who doesn't fit the corporate mold. [14 Mar 1986, p.27]
50
I think the fault is in the screenplay, which tells a story that can be predicted almost from the opening frames. The people who wrote this movie did not bother, or dare, to give us truly individual Japanese characters; there is only one who is developed with any care.
40
Its tone swings violently from pratfall to preachment, from an indictment of featherbed laziness to an extended beer-commercial celebration of the mythical American worker.
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It's more cheerful than funny, and so insistently ungrudging about Americans and Japanese alike that its satire cuts like a wet sponge.
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Oct 23, 2016
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It was in the 1980's.Many Japanese companies built factories here in the United States.There were cultural conflicts.This is a funny movie about differences between Japan and the United states.This is a classic movie in the 1980's , but we still learn a lot of things from this movie. - Plot I love the story.There were many conflicts and friendships between Kazuhiro (Japanese manager)and Hunt Stevens (American **** finally they understood each other.They built 15,000 cars in order to keep the factory in their city..Basically, this is a well done story of mutual understandings of different cultures. - Actors Michael Keaton played an American Manager ,Hunt **** showed a great **** persuaded **** inspired **** was a great role model. Hunt's introduction was **** said Hajimemashte(Nice to see you) Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.This kind of humble words are very important to work with Japanese. Gedde Watanabe played a Japanese **** is a typical sarary man who is always afraid of his **** really loves his **** wife was typical Japanese who wouldn't interfere with her husband's business. Daily exercise, I guess that many Japanese factories ask employees to do the daily raido-taiso exercise in the morning. It build a great team work sprot.Finally Americans understood Japanese employees are doing **** most of them are not Japanese native . The president of Assan, So Yamamura did a great **** played a tough **** finally, he liked American guys. What Americans learn? Japanese are crazy about no defect.. That's why People around the world love Japanese products.However, there are huge efforts of quality control at Japanese factories i n order to realize no defect.Japanese arrive early and leave leave They don't take a lunch break.Although,some Japanese died of too much work(Karoshi) Why many American manufactures have gone to China, Mexico and other countries.. The reason is not only cheap wages but hard workers overseas. If America tried to keep manufactures,they work 'Crazy" like Asians. I love this movie.
