Effects Of Tokyo Drift

Japan is often portrayed in western movies. Specifically Tokyo drift, which takes place in japan. The Japanese are portrayed in a few different ways. The way they dress and speak, treat outsiders, and how the power is held are clearly shown throughout the movie. The actions and dialect of the characters show pretty close to what actual japan is like. The typical Japan scene of a perfect uniform crowd is what you would expect from a movie about Japan, but Tokyo drift is far from that. Showing the uglier side of japan. The side of Japan, Japan doesn’t want you to know about. Power is a major role played in this movie. The power in this case belongs to the yakuza. The Yakuza are the mafia of japan. These guys are the bad of the bad and are willing
In Japan, Especially within Gangs and gang member respect is of utmost importance. The Uncle is shown to be extremely respected and what he says goes. DK murders his own brother when called out by his uncle. He knows that he must do whatever it takes to keep his respect. In The scene where Sean is bringing the money Han owed the yakuza the leader makes the comment basically saying do you think you can just come in here with money and expect to get something. Sean shows his respect though by making up the speech apologizing for the fool he was making out of himself. He then offers the mob boss a reasonable solution to the problem which was accepted because respect was given. Being a man of your word is another way of showing the Japanese as honorable. Even though DK lost the race he still had to leave Tokyo and Sean was allowed the freedom to stay there without fear of repercussions. Japan is known for not treating foreigners with as much respect as they deserve. A term that was used many times to describe Sean was “gaijin”. This term is meant to be demeaning and it actually means outsider or foreigner. They kept using this as a derogatory term because Sean was not from Japan. Everyone seemed to treat Sean differently because he was a foreigner. They did not believe he could win any race because he wasn’t Japanese. When he approached the Yakuza hideout they knew that he was out of place and they referred to him as an