Memoirs of a Geisha Movie: No Japanese Actresses

Anime Dad wrote:The only reason I haven't seen this movie yet is because of the lack of Japanese actresses. I loved the book, and I was very disappointed to find out that the leads were all Chinese :( I guess I will watch it one day.

I saw an episode the other night of Law & Order : CI where they tried to pass off a Chinese actress as Japanese. She didn't look Japanese at all!

I know exactly what you and bmw and Tu are saying and I am not Asian. I watch an American daytime soap called The Young and the Restless. They recently added a storyline where a cosmetics company called The House of Kim that has been in business for 30 years based in Japan was introduced. The President of the company was Mr. Kim and the VP's name was Mrs. Li. First of all I thought that the family name of Kim was a Korean name and the name of Li was Chinese. Why would a Korean cosmetics company be based in Japan? The actor who played Mr. Kim looked Japanese to me and the actress who played Mrs. Li I wasn't sure but she definitely did not look Japanese. So guess who is writing to CBS to give them a piece of my mind about their blatant ignorance in this matter. C'mon folks it is time to represent cultures correctly! :grumble: :shakehead:

Enna wrote:

I know exactly what you and bmw and Tu are saying and I am not Asian. I watch an American daytime soap called The Young and the Restless. They recently added a storyline where a cosmetics company called The House of Kim that has been in business for 30 years based in Japan was introduced. The President of the company was Mr. Kim and the VP's name was Mrs. Li. First of all I thought that the family name of Kim was a Korean name and the name of Li was Chinese. Why would a Korean cosmetics company be based in Japan? The actor who played Mr. Kim looked Japanese to me and the actress who played Mrs. Li I wasn't sure but she definitely did not look Japanese. So guess who is writing to CBS to give them a piece of my mind about their blatant ignorance in this matter. C'mon folks it is time to represent cultures correctly! :grumble: :shakehead:

Are you serious....Kim as Japanese...that's totally ridiculous.....KIM is one of the MOST prevalent Korean family names.....and there is no way in hell that somebody who is ethnically Japanese would have the name of "KIM" or "LI." That is SO OFF it's not only insulting but it's EMBARASSINGLY STUPID.

The House of Kim..... Japanese-NOT! LOL

Is The Young and the Restless STILL going? Amazing. Although, nothing in that show even approaches reality, so a Japanese firm called The House of Kim is definitely possible.

K.T.Tran wrote:


She doesn't even look half Japanese.... :sweat: :sweat:

I didn't like how they tossed her in this whacky movie :shakehead:

Though that one girl with the chain and ball is cool.
Forgot her name already...........

she doesn't even look half human, dude......

the girl with the ball and chain is Chiaki Kuriyama

Tu_triky wrote:
Are you serious....Kim as Japanese...that's totally ridiculous.....KIM is one of the MOST prevalent Korean family names.....and there is no way in hell that somebody who is ethnically Japanese would have the name of "KIM" or "LI." That is SO OFF it's not only insulting but it's EMBARASSINGLY STUPID.

Anime Dad wrote:The House of Kim..... Japanese-NOT! LOL

Is The Young and the Restless STILL going? Amazing. Although, nothing in that show even approaches reality, so a Japanese firm called The House of Kim is definitely possible.

Yes the kicker of the new storyline is that the House of Kim is a really run by a rich white American guy who wanted to use the Asian cosmetics company as a front to buy back his late father's cosmetics company in the USA. Which he just did. Even so they still could have gotten their facts right. :shakehead:

Yes Y&R wins lots of Daytime Emmys. If you go to CBS.com they have a Feedback Form where you can send your comments to them. It is feedback time! :victory:

The idea of an American owning a Japanese company is ridiculous enough.

Anime Dad wrote:The idea of an American owning a Japanese company is ridiculous enough.

really there's this one fast food restaurant that i saw around here called
"Tom's Teriyaki burgers." are you telling me it's not Japanese? :hehe:

Enna wrote:

Yes the kicker of the new storyline is that the House of Kim is a really run by a rich white American guy who wanted to use the Asian cosmetics company as a front to buy back his late father's cosmetics company in the USA. Which he just did. Even so they still could have gotten their facts right. :shakehead:

boneheads.

To the average man in the street - probably.

Anime Dad wrote:To the average man in the street - probably.

nah, to the average man on this street....it's Chinese.

Haha, good point. Teriyaki burgers are big in China. Especially when owned by Mr Kim.

Anime Dad wrote:Haha, good point. Teriyaki burgers are big in China. Especially when owned by Mr Kim.

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Enna wrote:I know exactly what you and bmw and Tu are saying and I am not Asian. I watch an American daytime soap called The Young and the Restless. They recently added a storyline where a cosmetics company called The House of Kim that has been in business for 30 years based in Japan was introduced. The President of the company was Mr. Kim and the VP's name was Mrs. Li. First of all I thought that the family name of Kim was a Korean name and the name of Li was Chinese. Why would a Korean cosmetics company be based in Japan? The actor who played Mr. Kim looked Japanese to me and the actress who played Mrs. Li I wasn't sure but she definitely did not look Japanese. So guess who is writing to CBS to give them a piece of my mind about their blatant ignorance in this matter. C'mon folks it is time to represent cultures correctly! :grumble: :shakehead:

We all look alike and have similar names which are interchangeable acording to Hollywood... You should know that by now. :bleh:

Tu_triky wrote:
there is no way in hell that somebody who is ethnically Japanese would have the name of "KIM" or "LI."

Yeah, I think "RI" would have been more acceptable :bonk: :hehe:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Yeah, I think "RI" would have been more acceptable :bonk: :hehe:

yeah bruce ri...he was japanese wasn't he....he and tom cruise are my favorite japanese actors....they were the last samurai.

what about David Carradine?

krim wrote:what about David Carradine?

oh yeah...he was great alongside Toshio Mifune in "Shogun"

Tu_triky wrote:yeah bruce ri...he was japanese wasn't he.....

That's Bruce Rhee.

He was Korean.

bmwracer wrote:
That's Bruce Rhee.

He was Korean.

No it's was Bruce Ghee. He was Indian.

Tu_triky wrote:No it's was Bruce Ghee. He was Indian.

Bruce Phee (or is it Pho?).

Vietnamese.