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Title:

American game, Japanese rules / written, produced and directed by Ofra Bikel.

Publisher:

WGBH Educational Foundation ;

Copyright Date:

1989

Description:

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Industrial management--Japan.
Documentary films.
National characteristics, Japanese.
Americans--Japan.
Baseball--Japan.
Japan--Social conditions--1945-
Japan--Social life and customs--1945-

Other Authors:

Bikel, Ofra, director. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86025048
Woodruff, Judy, narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80071009
Harris, Gail, narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85092597
Bernstein, Alexander. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003092131
PBS Video. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062763
WGBH Educational Foundation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50052713

Other Titles:

Frontline (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83217234

Notes:

Judy Woodruff, Gail Harris. A broadcast of the program Frontline, April 26, 1988 by PBS.

Summary:

Examines the frustrations of Americans trying to understand and cope with the unwritten rules of life in Japan. Interviews with businessmen, baseball players and an American born woman who married a Japanese farmer and has become assimilated into the culture. Offers the following insights: In baseball, the Japanese ideal outcome is a tie; no one loses face. In business, the Japanese play to win; if they don't get all of the business, they don't consider it fair. The housewife has ceased to think about "what I want"; adopting the Japanese outlook, she thinks instead of "my duty."

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25391698

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)