The all American town of Hanleyville is dying, all industry has closed down as a result of the recession. Hunt Stevenson (played by Michael Keaton) is sent by the town to Assan Motors in Japan, asking the company if they will consider reopening the car manufacturing plant. The Japanese businessmen arrive to open the plant Japanese style. Assan Motors offers to employee Hunt as an employment liaison officer, wanting him to allow them to employ staff without; unions, contracts, or minimum wages.

The Japanese do business very differently to the Americans and believe that all workers must put the company first at all times. The people of Hanleyville have been without industry and employment for so long that they are easy to manipulate. Hunt believes that he can negotiate successfully between the Japanese and the workers to find middle ground; he is so confident of a good outcome that he lies to the workers to get them to comply. However, the Japanese are shrewd businessmen and have no intention of loosing this battle. Hunt is skating on thin ice and if his lies are discovered Hunt knows he will have many angry workers to deal with. He must find any way to diffuse this situation.

The movie is essentially a humorous look at cultural differences between workers in Japan and the USA. Some of the story and dialogue is tongue in cheek and the characters are a little stereotypical, but it all seems to work nicely and is a funny and enjoyable movie.

THE EXTRAS

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CONCLUSION

The all American town of Hanleyville is dying, all industry has closed down as a result of the recession. Hunt Stevenson (played by Michael Keaton) is sent by the town to Assan Motors in Japan, asking the company if they will consider reopening the car manufacturing plant. The Japanese businessmen arrive to open the plant Japanese style.