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'''Hunt:''' Oh yeah? Yeah, well if you guys are so great, how come you lost [[World War II|the big one]]? }}

* [[The Eighties]]

* [[Hey It's That Guy|Hey It's That]] <s>Guy</s> [[Hey It's That Guy|Car]]: European viewers will recognize most of the "Assans" as Fiat Regatas; in the baseball scene Dodge Omnis are used while the original poster and [[VHS]] packaging showed a Plymouth Turismo.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey It's That]] <s>Guy</s> [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Car]]: European viewers will recognize most of the "Assans" as Fiat Regatas; in the baseball scene Dodge Omnis are used while the original poster and [[VHS]] packaging showed a Plymouth Turismo.

* [[Japan Takes Over the World]]

* [[My Card]]: "Anyone got any Subaru or Suzuki? No? Go fish."

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* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Japan building factories in or taking over companies in America was a very real concern in [[The Eighties]] (beginning in 1982 when Honda opened a plant in Marysville, OH) and this movie explores the idea of two cultures working together to fulfill a common goal (making big money.)

* [[Salaryman]]: Kazuhiro

* [[Shout Out]]: The film takes place in Hadleyville, a probable [[Shout Out]] to [[Mark Twain]] 's ''The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg'', which the plot faintly evoked.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The film takes place in Hadleyville, a probable [[Shout-Out]] to [[Mark Twain]] 's ''The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg'', which the plot faintly evoked.

* [[Switch to English]]: Takahara Kazuhiro's wife starts speaking Japanese to him in one scene, but he tells her to practice her English and they continue the conversation in English.

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[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]

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