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The late 80s were all hysteria about Japanese firms taking over America. You can see it in a lot of books and films from the era. There's a really quite odd fi
by mattmanser 8y ago
The late 80s were all hysteria about Japanese firms taking over America. You can see it in a lot of books and films from the era.
There's a really quite odd film called Rising Sun with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes that has corporate espionage as part of the plot. 1993 release, which was actually just after Japan's economy slowed down.
- Spoom 8y agoThe original Rising Sun book by Michael Crichton is a good read if you didn't know about it. Haven't seen the movie.
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoIt's a good read, but also full of wild mischaracterizations of Japanese culture.
- toyg 8y agoThe original book was published in 1992, and the writing rate for the author at that point was about two years for each novel, so the idea probably originated around 1990.