# Another name that movie thread.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 4, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634 "2011-10-04T23:59:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634/1 "2011-10-04T23:59:39Z")

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I don’t remember if it was a drama or a comedy (or both). It was made in the 1980s. The setting was an American auto plant that had just been purchased by a Japanese company. It followed both American characters and the Japanese guy & his family brought in to manage the plant. I think the other main character was an American manger. One scene that stands out involved the Japanese manager trying to make an assembly-line worker sweep or mop a floor.

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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634/2 "2011-10-05T00:15:06Z")

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[Gung Ho](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091159/) maybe ?

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634/3 "2011-10-05T00:15:25Z")

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It starred Michael Keaton and was called \< quick google break\> [Working Class Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091159/).

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634/4 "2011-10-05T00:41:57Z")

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Thank’s, that’s it.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634/5 "2011-10-05T15:51:06Z")

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> [@detop](#):
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> [Gung Ho](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091159/) maybe ?

Is a frog’s ass watertight?

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-movie-thread/598634/6 "2011-10-05T16:07:27Z")

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I loved that movie, but I haven’t seen it since the '80s. I wonder if it was as good as I remember.