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Most wheel bearings will last , miles or more. But those cars that got wheels with faulty bearings would have wheel problems after just a few thousand miles.

Deming used this example with Japanese companies to convince them to single source their suppliers and use zero defects checking up front. By applying this and other principles he used, the Japanese auto industry soon eliminated early car operating problems in all areas.

The result was automobiles that were far more efficient, trouble-free and well made than American cars that had held market sway for decades. Since the early s, Japanese autos have set the standards for quality and workmanship. American and European car makers have been playing catch-up ever since.

So, there's considerably more to this film than a slangy, mocking comedy. One suspects that the director and writers knew and intended that all along. But, packaging it the way they did, it would have some appeal as raw and crude comedy that was something of a fad among many - but not all, movie buffs of that time. As the reviewers to date indicate - indeed, as with many movies, some viewers may like "Gung Ho" while others may think it's quite bad.

Those who haven't yet watched it and may be considering it, should take these things into account. The last thing that should be mentioned as worthy of note is the acting. There's nothing above average by the American actors -- except for Michael Keaton. He nails the character of Hunt Stevenson, whether one likes him or not. And, Gedde Watanabe is superb as the perplexed, conflicted plant manager, Oishi Kazihiro.

Most in the Japanese cast are very good. Had this movie been made more clearly as a satire, it could have been very enjoyable and entertaining. By thus quashing its otherwise bigoted tone, it could have earned a couple more stars than the six I give it. Here are some favorite lines. Hunt Stevenson, "You know, the amazing thing is, I'm not even nervous.

You're right! Are you shittin' me? You are in much more trouble than me. Ah ha, ha, ha. I feel much better. I'm just freaking out. Mr-Fusion 25 February There are funny elements, to be sure; a few out-loud laughs and the reliable presence of Michael Keaton, not to mention the assortment of oddball working grunts in the cast.

But it spends far too much time on the competition between the Japanese work ethic and American hubris. It's often too serious to be funny. I didn't have a problem with the Japan stereotypes here because.

There's talent involved, but it's all in the service of a lackluster script. StevePulaski 23 January Gung Ho works more efficiently as a social commentary than it does a comedy. The comedy it provides us is lightweight, and most of the humor is derived from the Japanese stereotypes, sometimes funny, sometimes not. But the social commentary the film gives us is strong and meaningful. It's actually one of the most presentable and worthwhile morals in a comedy I've seen in a while. The story centers around a closed car plant in Hadleyville, Pennsylvania.

Before the plant was closed, most of the town's jobs were supplied by the factory and the town's economy nearly depends on it alone. Former head of the factory Hunt Stevenson portrayed effectively by Michael Keaton , travels all the way to Tokyo to try and strike a deal with Assan Motors Corporation to purchase the plant so it can reopen under new management.

Takahara Kazuhiro Watanabe is the head of Assan, and has been branded a failure because of his leniency on his workers. The Japanese are taught to be strong, faithful employees who work as a team.

When the company fails, they should feel like they've failed. They don't work for the money. They work for the company. Hunt and Takahara strike a deal and the plant reopens under the Japanese management, but the company must adapt to the brand new set of rules. No newspapers in the bathrooms, little to no breaks, etc. This is where the social commentary part of the film comes in.

The American workers have more freedom, yet still, most of the time, they work efficiently. The Japanese workers are more faithful to the company, but at the same time are scared to request freedom, luxuries, and independence. Once they agree to a job, they are that job. No excuses. The moral of the story here is that both ways are successful, but both have their own perks. Sometimes, we Americans don't think how lucky we are. Some of the most arbitrary jobs nowadays IE: an experienced radio personality get paid six figure salaries.

They don't work a full day, yet they make more money than teachers, nurses, etc. Same thing goes with professional athletes. Their average salary could rank in the millions if they're lucky.

Granted many of them suffer hard labor, but really, should someone like a baseball player demand a higher salary if he's been benched for a good portion of the season? Going back to the comedy portion, many jokes are directed at the Japanese's expense.

The problem here is we are expected to laugh at the Japanese because they are Japanese. There's one part in the film where we are expected to laugh at the Japanese head because he said "looney tunes. There's one central character, a chubby American worker played by George Wendt who starts fist fights or threatens them whenever he gets the chance.

He is not too charming of a character. He almost reminds me of the character Chris Farley played in Tommy Boy. The difference there was Farley played a likable louse who you couldn't help but side with because of his cheery nature. Here, Wendt's character is so preoccupied with "starting something" he comes off as an unlikable caricature.

On a side note, the film's two central leads, Keaton and Watanabe, do a fine job at working past the formula and going an extra mile to make successful characters. Gung Ho isn't perfect, but it does what many comedies don't bother toying with. The eighties were a decade of fun parties and coming of age films. Directed by: Ron Howard. Feet of Clay tieman64 17 December Honest, industrious citizens were classed as bloodsuckers if they asked to be paid a living wage, and praise was reserved henceforth for those who devised means of getting paid enormously for committing crimes against which no laws had been passed.

When the plant is purchased by Assan Motors, a Japanese company, Hunt becomes a liaison between Japanese bosses and American workers. For most of its running time, "Gung Ho" is a slick, well-shot and funny feature.

Here, Japanese capitalism is shown to be dangerously obsessed with production, exploitation and servitude. In contrast, American workers and bosses are shown to be slovenly, lackadaisical and overly individualistic, traits which hamper corporate profits. By the film's end, however, Howard reveals "Gung Ho's" quite sinister message: the worker of tomorrow is better off if he adopts a mixture of Eastern and Western values.

Work hard, increase production and put your job first, and mega-corporations won't fire you, abandon you and go seeking cheaper labour elsewhere. But don't work too hard; after-all, an alive worker is a good worker. That this is not only a form of social blackmail, and a false binary — the worker forced to choose between two types of the same exploitation — doesn't occur to Howard. That capitalism's many contradictions means that it must, in aggregate, lead to bankruptcy, debt, unemployment, downsizing, lowered wages and unemployment regardless of "efficiency" or "the behaviour of the worker", doesn't occur to him either.

Co-starring Mimi Rogers, the film quite cleverly positions its audience to sympathise with what would otherwise be deemed racial stereotypes. OllieSuave 14 June This is quite an entertaining comedy starring Michael Keaton as car manufacturer Hunt Stevenson, whose car company was bought out by a Japanese firm. So, he tries to rally his American workers together to work at the plant for lesser pay and being subjected to harsher work conditions and schedules by the Japanese managers.

There is plenty of comedy relief in the film, from culture clashes to slapstick humor. There's also bits of heroism in the film, including Hunt's town's survival being contingent on the car company staying afloat and including Japanese company manager Oishi Kazihiro Gedde Watanabe showing honor to his boss, colleagues and family in getting the car making job done. Overall, an entertaining film with touches of Americana and Japanese cultures.

Gung No. Unimpressive work from Ron Howard that stars Michael Keaton as a liaison between the American workers and the Japanese management at a car manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania. Gedde Watanabe and Keaton clash on several occasions and the supporting cast does their best to keep the film going, but are only minimally successful here. George Wendt of "Cheers" fame stands out as one of the workers who likes to drink a little too much.

I guess sometimes the cinema imitates television. With no laughs but with important messages, "Gung Ho" manages to be a reflexive entertainment about the cultural and economical clashes of two nations when they join forces to rise from the ashes an automobile factory that can be the only hope of saving a town.

Michael Keaton plays an American executive who gets the job of rescuing such factory with a new leadership coming from Japan with a desperate executive Gedde Watanabe trying to save his career from potential failure. The latter's task is to command the American plant and their workers, accustomed to work in a particular way, trying impose the Oriental methods of working for long hours for the benefit of the company and such clashes with the interests of Keaton who's trying to look good before his friends who aren't used to such working journey.

But let's face it: the movie isn't funny. Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz are terrific writers "Splash", "Parenthood" but they didn't create much moments we could say they were funny, most of the time is just using of caricatures to make some amusing moments, they barely work, maybe two or three scenes. Their concentration to the more engaging aspects was what made "Gung Ho" something really worth seeing. It pokes fun on the culture comparisons between U. Having a movie like this made on a decade where American superiority was presented in every single movie and also in politics is something of a miracle.

It basically says: "We're no longer the strongest nation in the world, neither the most efficient but we can aspire to be if we follow some other examples around the world". Sure, it doesn't paint a fair picture for both sides Japanese as workaholics who can't contest their bosses and Americans as lazy and incompetent , often recurring to stereotypes but presents something good out of those.

I know this movie is something of a classic between Administration students in here, and most of them enjoy it. Out of this department, it might be a disappointment for Keaton and Ron Howard fans, they're not at their best. The supporting cast formed with the likes of Mimi Rogers, George Wendt, John Turturro, Rance and Clint Howard save this for a bit, but the most interesting in scene is Watanabe, the funniest in the show.

In the end, it reaches its purpose of presenting a parallel between cultures, but never takes our fully enjoyment, neither much of our laughs. Easy to watch and quite motivational though. This may not be the funniest comedy, as the movie raises a few guffaws here and there, but it's the very real scenario in the clash of two cultures that makes the comedy work. Again, this film, originated from a song, deals with car union boss Keaton again working his winning on screen presence merging with a Japanese boss Watanabe at an American car plant.

Now in new hands, the American workers are butting heads, especially Wendt's character, with their new Asian bosses, as they have different work strategies and ethics. The film masks and breathes real life into the complications that arise between both parties, Watanabe's boss is a real sour puss where to the Asians, American workers are slack. There lies a real challenge, if you turn out cars a month, as everything the Japanese do are quick.

Just look at the new unoccupied cities they build. It also shows how conformity sucks, something in real life, I think, sucks. Keaton's way of dealing and manipulating this, I liked, but does bow to the bosses demands, put on himself on some occasions, the cold skinny dipping scenes with him and his counterparts, overtly so.

Watanabe's character I liked because, he's the only real one, who gets how America thinks, and is sympathetic, like when a workker injures himself. He can't show this of course, cause he'll cop crap from the bigger guns, and that will ruin his career, which as you see, reflects on his own personal life.

The dinner meeting at his home, the scene seemed very hostile and standoffish, and I really liked Mimi Rodgers defiance to stay at the table, where the other woman were told to leave. That was brassy. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker.

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