Gung Ho (1986)

To save jobs in a small Pennsylvania town, cocky Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) goes to Japan and asks the owners to re-open the auto plant where he used to work. Hunt gets what he asks for, but gets a curve ball thrown at him when the Japanese bosses agree to his proposition only if the the plant will be run by the Japanese--who have a far more strict work ethic and expect undying loyalty from the workers. The concept of seven day work weeks and mandatory free overtime doesn't go over big with the American employees, leading to a constant clash between the workers and the management. This amusing culture clash ...
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Michael Keaton stars as a wheeler-dealer who hopes to save a failing Pennsylvania automobile-assembly factory from having to close its doors. Keaton persuades a Japanese auto firm to reopen the factory, retrain its staff, and streamline the operation. It isn't long before the American-born workers grow to resent the disciplinary demands of their new Japanese bosses, setting the stage for a comic clash of cultures. The day is saved when it turns out that the poker-faced owner of the auto company possesses a really strange sense of humor. Gung Ho was later spun off into a short-lived TV sitcom, starring Scott Bakul...
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De inwoners van het stadje Hadleyville worden met bankroet geconfronteerd, wanneer de plaatselijke autofabriek, na 35 jaar, gesloten wordt. Alleen U-Haul Rental, de verhuurmaatschappij doet gouden zaken nu iedereen de stad verlaat. Hunt, de vroegere voorman van de fabriek, wil niet bij de pakken blijven zitten en heeft een plan. Hij reist naar Japan en onderhandelt met de firma Assan Motors, om het bedrijf over te nemen, en zo de stad opnieuw te laten floreren. Zijn plan werkt en Hunt wordt de held van de stad. Maar nog Hadleyville, noch Assan Motors, hebben de cultuurschok ingecalculeerd.

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