I recommend watching this[1] PBS Idea Channel interview, which addresses this issue specifically. > The Japanese themselves absolutely loved Scarlett Johansson

I recommend watching this[1] PBS Idea Channel interview, which addresses this issue specifically. > The Japanese themselves absolutely loved Scarlett Johansson in the role That's discussed at 10:40 in [1]. Briefly, Japanese films don't really have a whitewashing problem, so it's easy for the people in Japan to accept this film. In Japan the casting isn't reinforcing representation and visibility problems (asian erasure). Those problems do exist in Hollywood. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkfrZ91jA_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkfrZ91jA_0