Comedy, Drama
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Friendship!
George Washington Slept Here
Merrill's Marauders
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Final 48
The 47 Loyal Ronin
All About Lily Chou-Chou
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Not in Textbooks 5
Kinky Boots
Violated Paradise
Three for Happiness
Wendy and Lucy
Honey
Hideous Kinky
The Track
Bonobono
Wind Over the City
SIMILAR MOVIES
Friendship!
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 2010
A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: "friendship".George Washington Slept Here
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1942
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have actually slept during the American Revolution.Merrill's Marauders
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 1962
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.Chikamatsu Monogatari
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 1954
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.Final 48
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2022
To receive their inheritance, business magnate Hudson Graham has mandated his surviving family members return to their homestead and spend his final hours together under one roof.The 47 Loyal Ronin
IMDB 9 | Dec , 1910
An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.All About Lily Chou-Chou
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2001
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.The Tale of Zatoichi
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 1962
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1962
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.Not in Textbooks 5
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2019
A school romantic comedy about the cohabitation life of a popular high school girl in a class and a Japanese language teacher who is swayed by her in the fifth in the series "Not in Textbooks!". Aya Shirakaba, a high school girl who attends Otome High School, and homeroom teacher Arihiko Tairaku lived together at the command of the leader of Yakuza, the father of Aya. One weekend, Tairaku invites a longing colleague, Yayoi Satsuki, to date, which was also Aya's birthday. Aya learns that Tairaku is going to date May. Ayaka Morikawa, who plays Aya Shirakaba, and Ryouma Baba, who plays Arihiko Tairaku, continue to star in the series, while Moemi Katayama and Anna Hongo have played the role of May, who is now gravure idol Natsuki Sena.Kinky Boots
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 2005
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.Violated Paradise
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1963
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding love and a job as ama, a pearl diver.Three for Happiness
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1985
A pretty factory girl falls for an ex con. He's still in love with his ex wife. Love triangle soon becomes even larger.Wendy and Lucy
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2008
A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.Honey
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2003
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.Hideous Kinky
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 1999
In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea.The Track
IMDB 2.5 | May , 1970
A successful doctor comes into conflict with his friends and family and is slowly driven towards suicide.Bonobono
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1993
The first theatrical release, titled Bonobono, opened in theaters on 1993-11-13. The film has since been broadcast on domestic television in Japan, including on broadcast satellite channels such as NHK BS-2. The film has been released on VHS and DVD in Japan, including in a "no cut" edition.Wind Over the City
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1996
In a small, poor town, a young worker falls in love with an actress from a traveling theater troupe and tries to keep her close, dreaming and working hard to rebuild a new town while the troupe increasingly faces decline and the end of its run.