Tom Cruise, Bob Dylan, Commodore Perry...

[Taro Toporific]

[Steve Bildermann]

That oscillation continues today, in movies like "Lost in Translation" and "The Last Samurai." Both movies take as their heroes broken-down Americans, hired by the Japanese, who find unexpected regeneration in opening themselves to Japan

[Cubed]

And Commodore Perry's legacy:

A plague of white male English teachers coming to Japan saying "Uhh, I really wanna learn 'Boosheedoh' in 'Okeenahwah. "

I'm sure the new Tom "Koh nee chee wah" Cruise film won't make this phenomenon go away either

Why not just resurrect James Clavell's "Shogun" starring Richard Chamberlain as Anjin-san ?

[Socratesabroad]