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American Game, Japanese Rules

• 1988 ----- color ----- 60 min ----- vhs
• (Frontline series) Paints an intimate portrait of Americans living and working in Japan. They confront a society that looks Western, but operates by a very different set of cultural rules. Japanese baseball teams will often sacrifice victory for a tie which serves the common good, yet the nation's businesses play to win at all costs. As in baseball, the rules can be inconsistent and arbitrary, imposed when it becomes necessary to limit the access of American companies in order to protect the Japanese economy.
• Topics: (Anthropology: Cultural, International Business, Japan)

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