Americans in Japanese films

Lori Hitchcock lohitchc
Tue Feb 13 12:02:48 EST 2001


Also, "Baka-yaro 1" has a segment (the all-English household) featuring
a gaijin (American) businessman.   Iwai's Ghost Soup also has the
ever-wonderful (yes, tongue in cheek) Dave Spector.   And Seto-naikai
yakkyu-dan (?also forgot the English title...) has the military baseball
players.  Kurosawa's Mada da yo also has occupation guys.

Since Teahouse of the August Moon was a joint-production with Daiei, you
might have a look at that as well.

If you get interested in more general gaijin depictions: Shiko wo
funjatta (Sumo Do Sumo Don't) has a British exchange student.  The
gaijin-dressing of many TV dramas is also something maybe to consider -
all the gaijin sitting in cafes, bars, etc., in the background.  Imamura
Shohei's Kanzo-sensei (forgot the English title) also has that Italian?
German? character.

Hope this also helps.

Lori Hitchcock










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