Original subtitles

( men screaming in Japanese )

( screaming in Japanese )

( all screaming in Japanese )

( laughing )

Morning. Hiya.

Hey!

You look great!

Thanks.

You ready?

I was born ready. Who knows that better than you?

I hope no one.

The amazing thing is I'm not even nervous.

You put garbage in my car.

MAN: Hey, Hunt!

Today's the big day.

Give 'em hell, boy.

Hey, I will.

We're counting on you.

This face is on the case.

God bless!

Thank you.

If I screw up, this town's dead meat.

But you're not nervous.

No. I'm not.

Oh, God.

( in Japanese ):

MAN: Hunt, my man! On his way to Japan!

( men laughing )

Hey, Hunt!

Next stop Japan, buddy.

Whoo!

Take a taxi.

I'm glad they're sending you

instead of a gumhead from city council.

Don't eat any raw shit, okay?

Fellas, wish me luck.

Get 'em, Hunt.

All right, my man!

( The Pretenders' "Don't Get Me Wrong" playing )

♪ Don't get me wrong ♪

♪ If I'm looking Kind of dazzled ♪

♪ I see neon lights ♪

♪ Whenever you walk by ♪

♪ Don't get me wrong ♪

♪ You say hello, And I take a ride ♪

♪ Upon a sea Where the misty moon ♪

♪ Is playing havoc With the tide ♪

♪ Don't get me wrong ♪

♪ Once in a while ♪

♪ Two people meet ♪

♪ Seemingly for no reason ♪

♪ They just pass On the street ♪

♪ Suddenly thunder ♪

♪ Showers everywhere ♪

♪ Who can explain The thunder and rain ♪

♪ But there's something In the air... ♪

I need Assan Motors. Assan Motors.

Assan Motors, like I'm driving.

I go...? Farther?

Okay. Okay.

HUNT: So I get on the train, and here I am.

Guy says, "take the bullet train,"

so I get on the bullet train, and I'm in a rice paddy.

The guy says, "you go that way,"

so I go that way.

Now I don't know.

Is it that way?

♪ Let's not say so long ♪

Yo! Hold on, ho!

♪ Don't get me wrong ♪

( in Japanese ):

( speaking Japanese )

Yo. Whoa, babe. Oh, jeez.

I didn't mean to interrupt your screaming.

I'm looking for Assan Motors.

Assan Motors. Anybody know where that is?

I'm, like, really lost. I don't have a clue where I am.

Am I still in Japan?

You must want executive building.

Ah, right.

You are in the wrong place!

Okay. Where's the right place?

One block over!

Ooh. Guess who got out

of the wrong side of bed this morning.

Those are nice ribbons.

Those are ribbons of shame!

I'd wear them on the inside.

Thanks a lot.

( speaking Japanese )

Excuse me.

You've got spit here

on the corner of your mouth.

Get the other... It's... Thanks a lot.

Hiya, fellas.

Or, as you say...

( speaks in Japanese )

Hunt Stevenson,

right here.

( speaks in Japanese )

Okay. Hey, look, where can I put this screen?

( computerized voice speaks in Japanese )

HUNT: Whoa. Okay.

I'll set this over here, then.

Don't really need it after I lugged it 14,000 miles.

It's all right. Don't worry about it.

I'm, like, crazy for your country.

I love it.

My dad was here with the army in 1940--

Did you decorate this place yourselves?

Because it's damn nice.

It's a real Oriental kind of feel.

Do you speak English?

We all speak English.

Continue, please.

We may as well get started,

'cause I know you guys

have a long day of staring ahead of you.

Where are the lights?

Okay, here we go.

This is Hadleyville.

There's the factory.

It's been there for 35 years.

Now, it's been closed for the past 9 months,

but 2 years ago,

the place was completely retooled.

It's in great shape.

Whoa! How'd that get in there?

Yikes! Whoops! Heh-heh.

That's Hazel Lockwash.

Hazel's unit was responsible

for putting out over 100,000 car engines

in one year.

I think the key word here is "put out."

Putting out.

Okay.

This is, uh...

That's, uh...

Can you turn the lights on?

Thanks. Here's the deal:

Two years ago,

the underwear factory closed down in Hadleyville.

This was a bummer

because you could get underwear there really cheap.

Good underwear, too.

Not the kind where the elastic rubs your butt.

That leaves the auto factory.

Now, the auto factory employed everybody in town.

All right?

Everybody owed their living, one way or another,

to the auto factory.

These people worked hard, worked really hard.

Then the factory closed.

If you come over and open that factory,

these people will work harder for you.

I'm telling you, this is a great town.

I'm willing to do anything

to get that town back on its feet.

That's my story.

I'm sure you've got lots of questions,

so go crazy.

I know you don't want to be the first guy

to raise your hand.

Don't worry about it.

( tense theme playing )

Okay.

Okay.

( tense theme playing )

( rock-blues theme playing )

BOY: There he is! Hi, daddy!

Audrey!

Okay, I went by your house every day

and fed your fish.

And here's all your mail.

Oh, my God.

Baby, please. I'm trying to drive.

Oh, I missed you.

Yeah, I can tell.

No, I mean I really missed you.

Really? Yeah.

That's nice.

The pizza shop's closed, huh?

Yeah. Yesterday.

And next week, the barber shop,

the record store...

The only one doing well

is the guy who rents U-Hauls.

A lot of people are moving.

You haven't said anything about the Japanese.

How did it go?

Remember the first time I met your dad?

He came after me with a power sander.

Yeah.

It didn't go quite that well.

They should've sent somebody else.

Mr. Douglas? Hunt Stevenson.

I used to work for you, remember?

I understand you're plant manager up there now.

That's great. Congratulations. Yeah. Well, I'll tell you,

I really liked working for you when you were here.

Oh, yeah. How's Mrs. Douglas doing?

So you never hear from her, then?

Oh.

Termite man, huh?

Yeah, well...

Hey, I'll tell you the reason I'm calling.

I'm toying with the idea of relocating,

and I was--

So I'd go through the local union?

Hey, how's that dog of yours Rusty?

That frisky little...

Steamroller, huh?

Hunt Stevenson.

Yeah. No, Stevenson.

Yeah. You know me.

Yeah. We went to kindergarten together.

Uh-huh.

Not you and me, me and your cousin Hector.

Yeah. He used to talk about you during naptime.

That's right. Right.

Listen, Ed, here's why I'm calling.

I'm the foreman up here in Hadleyville.

I understand you're doing some hiring

at the Galveston plant, is that right?

Uh-huh. I'll tell you something.

I could be down there in, like, 29 hours.

Come on, Hunt. Forget about it.

You did your best.

You did.

Check this out!

Look who's coming.

Check it out!

Whoa! Heather DiStefano.

Who's that guy? You like him?

No, I don't like him.

Oh, hi, boys.

ALL: Hello, Heather.

Hi, Hunt.

Hi, Heather.

Hunt, she says hello to you?

She always says hi.

She likes me.

In high school, I kept her picture in my locker.

I kept one in my pants.

Everything's rearranged in the produce department.

When people are broke, they don't buy meat.

Put the cookies below where kids can see them.

Hunt.

Huh?

Sweetie. You know I enjoy your company,

but is it a good idea to follow me all day?

Could we talk about this over by the milk?

Hunt! Come here! Come here!

Hunt, this is bad! I can't believe it!

Hunt!

Aah! Oh, my eggs!

Your eggs?

Are you okay, man?

I got great news. You did it!

I did it? Great.

What?

They're coming next week. Who?

( all cheering )

( band playing upbeat march music )

Boys!

Do you want me to get the firehose?

Line up and get ready to bow.

Welcome.

Greetings. Greetings from Hadleyville.

Greetings. I'm the mayor, Conrad Zwart.

Sorry.

That happens when I say my name too fast.

Right up here, please.

Uh...

Thank you for this surprising greeting.

We have many plans.

Um...

I'm sorry, I'm not good speaker

as man you sent us.

Where is Mr. Stevenson?

Right over here! There!

Mr. Stevenson's presentation

is big reason why we are here.

( all cheering )

Anybody home?

Ah, Mr. Stevenson.

What pleasure.

How you doing? The door was open.

You said 2:00.

My name is Takahara Oishi-san,

corporate managing director.

( all speaking Japanese )

Okay. Whoa. Whoa.

I got them.

Thank you.

Anybody have any Sapporo Suzukis?

No? Okay, go fish.

Now I got it!

Now I know how I know you.

Tokyo. I saw you in Tokyo,

screaming and foaming at the mouth.

Yes, I remember.

What was the deal on that?

Management training program.

For executives who are failing.

We would like to offer you a new position.

Oh, okay.

We want you to be employee liaison.

Are you shitting me?

That's great!

This is outline of our company's labor policy.

We would like for you to introduce it

to your fellow workers.

Why can't we just run the plant the way we did before?

I mean, we did pretty good.

If you did pretty good, then why are you--

Present our ideas.

Don not be influenced by your first executive position

with a very big raise in pay.

No...nah. Why would I?

No, I won't be influenced by that.

This is great.

Assuming that the factory does open.

Right.

Well, I already assumed that.

We did not.

Can we count on you?

Fellas...

is a frog's ass watertight?

( all speaking Japanese )

Yes, we believe it is.

ALL ( chanting ): Work, work, work! Work, work, work!

MAN: I know you want to work, but please,

let's go over the terms of employment.

( all cheering )

May I have your attention, please?

Would you please sit down?

Everyone sit down!

My name is Crandall.

Your national union labor office sent me

because we're concerned about you.

When you walk in without a contract,

you're no longer a union.

That's an entirely different set of ground rules.

The starting salary is only 8.75 per hour.

We've been getting 11.50!

We've been getting nothing!

I want to work!

Work with a contract.

You think they'll give us a contract?

I think they will.

Time out! I'm not asking you.

You don't live here.

You got a job!

I'm asking Hunt.

He's one of us.

He knows them. What do you think, Hunt?

Talk to me!

ALL ( chanting ): Hunt, Hunt, Hunt, Hunt!

All right.

I think, um...

I think, uh...

How many remember

that high school championship basketball game

over in Pittsburgh we played?

Remember that kid Brickhouse?

Played guard for Roosevelt.

He averaged 37 points a game.

I was our best defensive player.

Anyway,

the coach puts 3 other guys on him.

Not me.

Doesn't put me on him.

We go into the fourth quarter.

We're down 5.

These guys have all fouled out.

Brickhouse has something like 32 points.

Now, coach pulls me aside,

looks me dead in the eyes,

and says, "Hunt,

"now's the time, babe.

"He's yours.

Take him."

So I took him.

Remember what he scored the fourth quarter?

Doughnut, babe.

Nothing. Zip. Zilch.

( cheering )

The point is, you got to pick your spot.

We're lucky to have the Japanese here.

Learn how to play them.

Let them make shots.

Give them room.

Then we make our move.

The game is won in the fourth quarter.

( all cheering )

Hey, hey, Hunt!

Whoa. Wait. Yo!

Fourth quarter rolls around, can you take these guys

like you took Brickhouse?

( all shouting )

Yeah, I can take 'em.

( all cheering )

Let me go in with experienced negotiators!

( man continues indistinctly )

( crowd cheering )

How are you? You look great.

You really do.

Hey, baby!

I'm off welfare!

You know it!

See you at the bar, baby.

Good morning.

Welcome to your first day with Assan Motors.

( all cheering )

Welcome.

We must build spirit.

We must be a team. One, with one purpose only,

everyone thinking only of company.

We will begin with morning exercises.

( all grumbling )

Jumping jack!

( counting in Japanese )

( laughing )

Begin!

Mr. Stevenson.

We're not having a good beginning.

They're not used to getting up in the morning.

I don't blame you,

even though you're their leader.

Okay. Sit tight.

Hunt, get a look at these guys.

I say we do it.

No way!

You're crazy.

Why not?

We never exercise.

It's like the first week in high school.

If you wore jeans, you got in trouble.

By October, they didn't care if you wore pants.

Which you didn't, a couple of times.

They'll forget about it.

Duck hop.

Duck hop.

( counting in Japanese )

Knee twist.

I know this step.

Hey, come on. Don't.

( men laughing and chattering )

( The Fabulous Thunderbirds' "Tuff Enuff" playing )

♪ I would walk 10 miles ♪

♪ On my hands and knees ♪

♪ Ain't no doubt About it, baby ♪

♪ It's you I aim to please ♪

♪ I'd wrestle With a lion ♪

♪ And a grizzly bear ♪

♪ It's my life, baby ♪

♪ But, hon, I don't care ♪

♪ Ain't that tough enough? ♪

♪ Ain't that Tough enough? ♪

♪ Ain't that tough enough? ♪

♪ Ain't that Tough enough? ♪

♪ For you, baby ♪

♪ I would stoop to see ♪

♪ Nothin' I'd do for you That's too tough for me ♪

♪ I'd put out A burnin' buildin' ♪

♪ With a shovel And dirt ♪

♪ And not even worry About getting hurt ♪

♪ Ain't that Tough enough? ♪

♪ Ain't that tough enough? ♪

♪ Ain't that Tough enough? ♪

♪ Ain't that tough enough? ♪

Hey! I'm sorry,

but no music, no cigar.

Just work.

Whoa! Whoa!

Here, here, here, here, here.

Not here, here!

What the hell's the difference?

I once welded 75 bodies in an hour.

Hunt, get Mr. Moto off my back.

He refuses to learn proper-- Prop--

The guy can't even say it.

Techo-- Techonico.

Why can't we do what we know how to do?

Every man learns every job. Then we are a team.

No man is-a special.

Ah, yeah. I got the problem.

Come here.

You see, here's the deal on that.

You're in America now.

Americans really like to feel special.

Even him?

It's go time.

Wait a minute.

Come on!

Calm down, now.

Look, put everybody back where they belong.

He belongs in Japan.

There is one way to run this factory,

one way.

Is that so?

I got your one way.

Relax. Take it easy.

You want to let go of that now?

Defecto!

That's something for the dealer to worry about.

Every car can't be perfect.

In Japan, if there is defect,

worker stays night to fix.

In Japan, our goal is 0 percent defect.

How did you slip by?

Gooseman, what's the matter?

He took my newspaper.

So what? You're gonna give it back to him, right?

That's right.

He said no newspapers in the head.

Hey, can he have the paper back?

See, we encourage Googie to read.

Hunt!

Willie, I'm in the middle of something.

I thought I gave you the afternoon off?

I thought so. I cleared it with you.

Give me a second.

We're talking about something.

I'm going out, and they stopped me.

Who? The Rice-a-Roni patrol.

They say if I leave, it'll count against me.

My kid's getting his tonsils out today.

He's scared.

I promised him that I'd be there.

Googie, you're reading. That's good.

Uh, hold on.

I'll talk to you later.

No newspaper.

Yeah, well, okay. We'll talk about it.

I'll talk to number one son in the office.

A lot of guys have been complaining about this.

Hey, go see your kid!

( speaking Japanese )

American car.

( all laugh )

Hey, the Wild Bunch.

Hey, sugar-puss, what's cooking?

No cooking. Typing.

Okay.

Where's your boss?

Today not a good day to see boss man.

He between a rock and a hard-on.

No shit?

I got to see this.

Hi, boss.

Ah, Mr. Stevenson.

Hey, please. Hunt, okay?

Or the Hunter, if you want.

Can I help you?

You probably can.

How's your family like America?

I didn't ask.

Speaking of your family.

I can't wait to meet them.

Have any of your kids ever had any surgery?

What?

Willie, the guy that works downstairs,

his kid's having his tonsils taken out.

Willie would like to be there.

He's like this superdad or something. I don't know.

He lives for his kids.

But work suffers.

Let's talk about work.

See, I think I can help you.

You know this zero defect deal...

No?

Nah. Work, work, work. You'll go nuts.

I had a cousin, Mary Elizabeth,

phew, checked out of the Hotel Reality,

never to return. She worked.

That'll happen to you guys.

It's just cars, not brain surgery.

I see what you're saying.

Got that settled.

A few other things,

then I'll get out of your hair,

which looks damn good by the way.

Oh, thank you. My brother's a barber.

Before I left Japan, he cut my hair.

Yeah, that's great.

Anyway, your number 2 guy, Saito,

this guy doesn't work and play well with others.

What is this stuff?

It's seaweed.

Mr. Saito is not typical Japanese.

I'll tell you something.

I'd dump him.

If it was me, I'd lose him.

Phew. Out of there.

He's nephew of my boss.

That could be tough.

Get the guy to lighten up. He's a real pain in the ass.

We have our own way of making cars.

Let the guys do the jobs that they do best.

I see what you're saying.

Great! We're cooking.

You're a guy I can talk to.

How often?

Do you guys play softball?

We play baseball,

but I've heard of softball.

We need a practice game Saturday.

You want to come over and play?

What time? 2:00.

Hmm. If we're not busy.

Okay. We just play for beer.

So do we.

Afterward, we piss for distance.

For us, it's accuracy.

The Kazmonaut.

( crowd chattering )

Look like the Yankees.

I hate them already.

Mr. Stevenson!

Kazman.

Here you go.

We just need a few minutes to warm up.

Sure. Hey, nice glove.

It's a Haseo Makasaki model.

I've got a Merv Griffin model.

Oh, that's good.

( speaking Japanese )

( speaks gibberish )

( speaking Japanese )

( men shouting in Japanese )

( all cheering and shouting )

What is this crap? Come on, play ball!

I'll put a stop to this crap.

Here you go.

Let's see a bunt.

Come on, whale-killer. Right here.

( upbeat theme playing )

What is this?

Safe.

MAN: Last inning. Come on.

Two runs, we win.

Bases loaded, Hunt.

Table's set, buddy.

2 runs, we win.

All right!

See the ball, Hunt.

Hit it on the ground.

( screaming in Japanese )

Goddamn.

Run! Run! Run, buster!

Run!

Ow.

Aah!

All right! Two runs score! We win!

Where's my Ray-Ban?

You okay?

It was a good game.

We had fun.

Look, I'm really sorry, man.

He's fine. Look.

( speaking Japanese )

All over.

Showed him, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, you showed him.

( speaking Japanese )

( speaking Japanese )

Practice your English.

Tomorrow is the boy's birthday.

I bought a bicycle. Fine.

At Sears, where America shops.

I cannot put it together.

Here. Can you do it?

Not tonight.

I want him to see it when he wakes up tomorrow.

Kazoito.

Can't you see I'm working?

I have no time!

Why do American fathers have time?

Why? Because their work sucks!

( shouting in Japanese )

( shouting in Japanese )

( telephone rings )

You leave my mother out of this.

Kazoito.

Boys, look who's back.

Hey, pea brains!

What's going on?

Hey, man.

Where'd they put you?

Right here.

On these guns?

On this spot.

They're going to reassign you.

Maybe I'm getting your old job.

I'll bet that's it.

Hear that, fartheads?

I'm getting off the line!

Mister... Hershiser.

Mr. Her... Hershiser.

Mr. Hershiser!

Uh, yo.

We have a new position for you.

Ah, yeah.

That's what I heard.

Uh, we are understaffed

in the custodial department.

We are transferring you there.

Your pay will be the same.

Please continue.

Yo, made in Japan!

What should I do with this?

That should be obvious.

We expect you to sweep.

Hey, hey! Come here.

He knocks you over, so he pushes a broom.

No. No, not personal.

He has more defects than other workers.

It was Kazihiro's decision.

A very good one.

Defects, huh?

Wait, wait. I'll handle it.

You're doing a great job.

We're like shit on their shoes!

Hang in there.

I'm going to Kazihiro's for dinner.

Dinner. Sounds great.

No, we'll work on it there.

I'm not sweeping up. I'm quitting.

Why you gonna quit?

I'm gonna kick the crap out of that guy.

Wait! You've got kids.

I ain't taking this!

You've got to!

Everybody's looking at me.

What should I do?

You're supposed to take care of your family.

That's all.

Look, I...

Let them look.

It doesn't matter.

Let's go.

Let's go. Back to work.

This is delicious.

What is it called?

Meat loaf.

You could not tell?

Well, you know,

I'm thinking, "tastes like meat loaf,

but it's too delicious."

In fact, Audrey leaned over

and said to me,

"can I have some of yours?"

What can I say, no?

I love her.

Here you go, hon.

There's a little bit.

Thanks. Sure.

Are we ready for dessert?

Oh, boy. I know I am.

In a few minutes.

Now we have business to discuss.

Hey, Audrey.

What?

Uh, why don't you...

You know, uh...

...leave?

Actually, I'm interested in what's going on

at the plant.

Nobody minds if I stay, right?

See?

Mr. Stevenson.

Yeah.

How are things at the factory?

Honestly, Kaz?

Yes, please.

Not too well.

You're Stateside now.

You're acting like a bunch of Yokohama mamas.

No offense.

None taken.

Can I be frank for a second?

I've heard a lot of talk

about how good the Japanese businessmen are.

Quite frankly, I don't get it.

I don't see it. I'm not impressed,

not one iota.

You're fired.

What?!

You can't fire me.

You'll go back on the line.

Wait a minute!

Tell me why!

I don't understand American workers.

They come late, leave early.

They stay home when they're sick.

They put themselves above company.

You seem to feel the same.

Explain something.

When this was an American factory,

production was up 10 percent. Explain that.

10 percent? In Japan,

production in same size factory is 40% higher.

With superior quality.

How can you work that fast?

Japanese worker is loyal to company.

He's proud when company does well,

ashamed when it does poorly.

Like now.

In Japan, when production lags,

worker stays longer in factory.

Okay. We can talk about overtime.

They do it for company, not pay.

But that's there. This is here.

Gentlemen, this is an American factory.

They'll never accept that.

Is that how you feel, Hunt?

There's one guy

who can get them to accept it. Me.

You'll change workers' attitude?

If I can't, nobody can.

Nobody can.

Would you shut up?

Goddamn!

You guys have a problem, right?

I'm the answer man.

I'll solve this and make everybody happy.

You got to give me a shot.

All right.

We make no more changes for now.

There you go. Yeah.

Hey, hon.

Want to stop for some ice cream?

Haagen Dazs.

Eat shit and die.

You having your period?

Stop the car!

How could you tell me to shut up

Right in front of everyone?

It's a delicate situation!

What are you trying to do?

Save some jobs!

The only job being threatened was yours.

They picked me for this job.

They need me.

The guys need someone

who'll tell them where things stand,

not someone who's grandstanding.

It would be nice

to have a girlfriend who supports me.

You want some little chick who always agrees.

A parrot with tits.

How can you bring Heather into this?

Um...

I wasn't thinking of Heather,

but apparently you were.

Audrey, come on.

Hey, Audrey.

Come on, Audrey!

Hey!

( all speaking Japanese )

Morning. Morning.

Where did you come from?

I've been swimming below the whole time.

Didn't see me?

Is anyone else with you?

There might be.

You know, boys, I've been thinking.

You know what we need at the factory?

An incentive program.

We don't need incentive program.

We need faster workers.

We need a fish to bite your pecker off.

What's the most amount of cars

you've produced in one month?

15,000.

My men will make 15,000 cars next month.

When they do,

you got to raise salaries to their old level

and guarantee full employment. Deal?

I'm not sure if--

The pressure's all on us.

All right.

We strike a deal.

15,000 cars, not any less.

One less than 15,000,

no raise, nothing.

I'm starting to like this ritual.

Ooh!

You know,

this is hard for me to say,

but I got to tell you something, man.

The American worker is really second best, I'm sorry.

( crowd booing )

The Japanese can do everything better,

faster, and longer.

You don't like to hear that, do you?

Well, neither do I, 'cause it's bullshit.

( all cheering )

Who's better than us? ALL: Nobody!

Who? ALL: Nobody!

Who? You bet your red, white, and blue ass.

When they told me

no Americans could ever match the amount of cars

made by the Japanese in one month,

it took a dozen guys to hold my ass down.

I said not only will we make more cars

than the Japanese,

but when we break your record,

I expect full employment at this factory.

I'm talking 200 more union members back to work.

( all cheering )

Like I told you months ago, at $11.50 an hour.

Hey, Hunt. How many cars for the record?

How many? 15,000 cars in one month.

That's 15,000 in a month.

MAN: Hey, Hunt!

Did you say 15,000?

Are you joking, or what?

Come on. We can do that.

Can't we?

The Japanese are better than us?

ALL: No!

That's lots of work!

What if we come in under 15,000?

We get nothing, right?

What kind of deal is that?

Excuse me, fellas.

The man's not an idiot.

He wouldn't let that happen.

I'm not an idiot.

Of course not.

Coming close, we get something!

All right.

MAN: What do we get,

like, half a raise for 13,000?

Yeah. 13,000. Yeah.

Why didn't you tell us before?

Because I just thought of it.

Because I thought...

'Cause I just thought...

It would be better to concentrate

on the full 15,000

and get the whole raise.

Let's not even think about 13,000.

Let's pretend I made it up,

this thing about 13,000 cars.

That way, we just go for the full 15.

I say we can do it.

Let's do it our way, right?

ALL: Yeah!

Can we do it? Can we do it?

( all cheering )

Can we do it?

Yes! Yes!

ALL ( chanting ): Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

( rock theme playing )

HUNT: It won't be easy.

We'll have to work like the Japanese.

If they're falling behind, they stay after hours.

They work late.

They show up early.

Hey! Morning.

HUNT: If they can go faster,

the workers speed the line up.

They cut down on lunch hours and breaks.

They save time any way they can.

If they can do it,

we can do it.

You need 2 hands to scratch your ass?

We've got to talk!

Not now, we'll fall behind.

2 bumpers per car!

Listen to me.

What?

We're in! We're getting the raise.

There you go!

I figured it out.

13,000 cars--

We work the rest of the month,

8-hour days, and we're golden.

13,000. That's good!

But you can't think like that,

because then we don't make the 15,000.

We won't make it.

We'll work harder.

Bullshit.

This is Sunday!

Okay.

I haven't seen my kids in 2 weeks.

We're all working hard.

I know, man.

We'll make 13,000. We're satisfied with that.

Bullshit. Jeez!

Do you believe that guy?

Excuse me.

You're excused.

Hey, buster, what's going on?

Nothing. Just shopping.

Mr. Stevenson.

Hi. Would you like something here?

She ain't having much luck getting it.

Here...whoa!

Hey, look, uh...

I know you're drunk.

Things haven't been good,

but can't you lighten up?

Kiss her ass like you do her husband's.

CHILD: Oh, mommy, mommy!

Clean up in aisle 3.

I'm sorry, man.

My wife told me what happened,

and I am grateful.

Aw, jeez. Do me a favor.

Don't fire the guy.

He's been unhappy lately.

I will not fire him.

You're his friend.

Yeah... you didn't see him

sprawled out across the cheese puffs.

Still, you are his friend.

In Japan, I have many friends.

We only talk about, uh, cars,

or do exercises...

but sometimes we go see a sumo game.

But that's in Japan.

Once again, thank you very much.

Okay.

Want to get a beer?

Right there, what's that?

I don't know.

That's 2 men walking abreast.

( speaking Japanese )

( imitating Japanese )

I got one for you.

This is one-eared elephant.

Wait. There's a church league here.

Reverend...

one-eared elephant.

Oh, oh!

Put him back in the zoo now.

We're going to jail soon.

What laughs we're having, huh?

Yeah!

Good raffs.

I guess I got things

running pretty well at the factory, right?

Mr. Saito is major fuckhead.

I beg your pardon?

He calls Japan

and says I'm losing control here.

One more failure, and I'm ruined.

One more?

Remember when you first saw me?

Yeah-- The screaming academy--

you were enrolled.

It's a place for failures.

I'm not a good leader.

You're a good leader.

No, I'm not.

I worried that men worked too hard,

that they were missing their families.

I was concerned

that they were not getting personal satisfaction

from their work.

You animal.

You make jokes! I'm not joking!

I made shimatsusho for workers.

You cooked for them?

No. An apology.

I had to apologize to the workers

for letting their production fall behind.

I begged for their forgiveness.

They were all humiliated because of me.

A worker's value is measured by the work.

The company is everything.

Team!

That's what raised us

from a conquered nation to an economic power.

We have one purpose!

You're doing great.

( singing in Japanese )

Yeah. Hey.

Pretend we're dancing.

Get down.

He'll be back.

There's a midnight show.

One more failure, and, uh...

and I'm ruined.

Ah, I got troubles, bud.

You think you have troubles?

I have troubles with hair on 'em.

I told the guys there might be a partial raise

if we made 13,000 cars this month.

You told them that?

I know. I know.

You shouldn't drink if you find that funny.

It's totally depressing.

You're right!

You're right!

I am?

Hey! Are you shitting me?

You're in much more trouble than me!

I feel much better.

It's jammed, Goog.

Call maintenance!

No. It'll take 2 hours.

I could use a break.

You could use a break?

You just had a 5-month break.

I'm getting sick of you.

What do you want?

We eat, sleep, and piss here.

Ow!

Ow!

He's caught!

Shut it off!

Shut that goddamn line off!

Shut off the line!

Shut off the line!

You all right?

You okay?

I tried to unjam it

so we wouldn't lose time.

Back off, Hunt!

It's your fault to begin with!

It's so stupid.

Bad timing, huh?

Hey. Hey, Goog.

What happened?

Why have they stopped?

One of the workers had an accident.

Why are the others not working?

Back to work!

Back to work!

Back to work!

A man has been hurt! You may be next!

Excuse me.

This is for Mr. Googleman.

How is he?

He's fine.

We're going in soon.

I'm happy.

As long as you're happy.

He's happy they only have to give us

half the raise. Half the raise?

Half the raise

for making 13,000 cars in a month.

That is not so.

It was 15,000, or no raise.

( telephone rings )

Hello.

We talked to Ito.

There's no raise for 13,000 cars.

We're all coming over to get you.

Oh, shit!

Hygiene.

Shit.

Get in there, ungrateful little...

Get in!

Defects.

No raise for 13,000 cars!

Going somewhere, Hunt?

No.

Let's finish this.

There is no raise for 13,000 cars.

Okay, look, fellas.

Now, listen.

Here's what happened.

We know what happened.

They broke a deal with you.

Those sons of bitches! I don't believe this.

They did make that deal with you, right?

Yeah. Those sons of bitches.

We're calling a union meeting for tomorrow night,

but before that, we're seeing--

what's his name?

Katsahiri.

Katsahiri on our lunch hour.

Come with us.

Okay. I'll settle this before you get there.

That separates us from the Japanese.

We got someone like you looking out for us.

Hey, fellas, I'm just doing my...

let's get some brewskis.

I'm buying.

I'm sorry about--

No, no, no.

Can we talk?

Yeah. I got kind of, uh--

Come on out for some beers.

You go ahead.

Come on.

I'll talk to you later.

Yeah? Yeah.

Catch you later.

♪ Your life is Trite and jaded ♪

♪ Boring and confiscated ♪

( speaking Japanese )

Don't feed Anabelle.

No more MTV!

No more Twisted Sister!

( speaking Japanese )

Read a book!

More Jimmy Dean pork sausage?

No! No more Jimmy Dean.

No more Hawaiian Punch.

No more Green Giant frozen niblets.

( doorbell rings )

Who the hell is that?

Yes!

Sakimoto-san.

May we come in?

Yes.

P-Please come in.

Sit. Please, sit.

Can I, uh, get you anything?

No.

( toy squeaks )

( rat-a-tat-tat )

G.I. Joe!

That is neighbor's child.

Everything is all right here?

Yes.

Fine. Great.

Well, have a nice trip back.

I'll come to the factory tomorrow.

Uh, tomorrow's not a good day.

Why not?

The factory is locked,

and we can't find key.

Bullshit-o!

The men are preparing

to have a big union meeting tomorrow night.

Is this true?

Yes.

This does not make me very happy.

You have let me down.

Come, nephew.

I'm tired.

Uncle, uh, you can stay at my place.

Is your wife with you?

Yes.

Ramada Inn.

( speaking Japanese )

We got to talk.

You're telling me, brother.

My men expect a raise.

You shouldn't have lied to them.

I thought we'd make the quota.

I figured if we didn't,

you'd give them something for getting close.

Impossible. Tell them don't unionize,

or Mr. Sakimoto will be displeased.

Good idea. I'll go down and tell the guys,

"Hey, you know what?

"We really shouldn't unionize,

'cause that would displease Mr. Sakimoto."

You put me in a very bad situation!

I bailed you out many times.

I kept the guys going this long.

I backed you.

I handed you 14,000 cars.

Now I'll look like shit.

Give my men a raise!

Are you crazy?

Working conditions must remain as they are.

Tell them that.

Now who's nuts?

Not us! They gave me ribbons of shame

because I began thinking like American.

Don't flatter yourself, ace.

It's true. Americans think they're special.

Nobody wants to be part of a team.

Americans wouldn't last 2 days

in management training program.

We wouldn't be stupid enough to stay 2 days!

Selfishness makes Americans weak.

Weak? You can't even stand up to your boss.

You're a Millie, you know that?

I am no Millie!

You get out of here!

You're fired!

I'm fired?

That's great.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

That's fine with me.

This factory's been run like shit!

It's run our way,

the way we know how.

If you're so great, why'd you lose the big one?

Yeah!

Come on!

Break it up, Hunt. Break it up.

We'll work it out at the meeting.

I don't need any meeting.

I'm through right now.

Anybody else need a meeting?

No! No! No!

All right, let's walk!

Yeah! Come on!

Let's beat it!

Let's go!

Let's get out of here!

MAN ( on PA ): Welcome to the Hadleyville July 4th picnic.

Lots of fun for everybody.

Remember the big fireworks show tonight.

You said when the fourth quarter came,

you'd handle them, and you did.

You wouldn't let them get away with lying.

That was great.

Top-notch. You stayed on them.

CROWD: Ooh! Aah!

Oh, boy!

That's pretty!

Boy!

Swish.

Ooh. Yes!

Your attention, please.

Is Hunt Stevenson here?

Hunt Stevenson?

Come up here, son.

CROWD ( chanting ): Hunt, Hunt, Hunt, Hunt!

The man who saved Hadleyville.

MAN: We're staying out until we get the raise.

I've got news for you.

I just got official word from Assan Motors.

The factory is closed.

What? What?

Lockout?

No, bright boy. A pull out.

A close down, an adios,

a sayonara, roundeyes.

They said the workers,

especially their leadership,

were too difficult to deal with,

so they're closing down the factory

and returning to Japan.

The man who saved Hadleyville.

You're the man who killed Hadleyville,

and I'll be the man who kills you!

How come you're blaming Hunt?

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

He tried getting along with them,

then they weaseled out of a deal.

We're behind you, Hunt, 100%.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

You buy that?

You all stay here and starve with him.

Quiet!

Your friend Hunt's trying to speak.

Go ahead, Hunt.

Hey.

Uh...

first of all, you all should know something.

All right.

Uh, see...

I don't know, I figure we made 15--

You know.

If we made 13,000 cars,

we'd be so close to 15,000, right?

Then if we--

what are you trying to tell us?

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Uh...

I lied.

Oh, my God.

He lied to us?

Yeah, there was n0--

there was no deal for 13,000 cars.

Aw! What? Aw!

We walked out on a lie?

I never thought it'd lead to this.

You should've told us the truth.

The truth?

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

You want to hear that Americans

do things better than anybody else.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

They're kicking our butts,

and that ain't luck.

There's your truth.

Great old American do-or-die spirit.

It's alive, but they got it!

We better get it back,

and get it back damn fast.

Instead we're strutting around,

telling ourselves how great we are.

I guess if I was really a leader,

I would've told you this months ago.

Instead, I was telling you basketball stories.

I put myself in front of the town,

and I'm really sorry.

I swear to you, man, I'm really sorry.

Ito.

Sakimoto-san.

This is Looney Tunes.

Looney Tunes?

( speaking Japanese )

( stammering )

That's all, folks.

We are insane!

Why speak American?

Because I have American idea.

We work too damn hard!

This is not our lives.

This is a factory.

Our friends, our family should be our lives.

We are killing ourselves!

We are Millies!

Many of you are troubled by the same things, eh?

Tell him.

Tell him we can learn from Americans.

( belch )

Need any help?

I went by your house.

How come you're here?

Couldn't go home.

Somebody filled my car with horse manure.

Who would do that?

I don't know.

I don't think it was a horse.

Hunt, I, um...

I came to tell you you were great tonight.

It took a lot of guts

to say what you said, and...

I was really proud of you.

Think I could possibly have a hug?

Oh, god.

Right on this bridge is where I first kissed you.

Yep.

Aah!

Jesus!

That's Kazihiro.

What's he doing here?

Hey!

Hey!

Well, you look good.

You join a health club?

I came here to be alone.

In Japan, you can't put on pants alone.

It's almost that bad here.

Yeah, I need this!

I'm ruined!

I destroyed my career!

You're ruined?

There's 1,200 families in this town

that are ruined, you jag-off.

I let down myself, my men.

I wiped out your town!

Disgust!

I can't stand it anymore!

( screaming in Japanese )

Nice talking to you.

Jeez!

Hey! Are you nuts? Whoa!

If you're going to drown yourself,

at least take off your watch!

I'm not drowning myself!

I'm just freaking out!

Hey, are you guys okay?

Yeah, we're all right.

Kazmania's trying to swim back to Japan.

I'll wait for you up here.

You okay?

Yes.

Come on.

You're a maniac.

Last night, I told my boss off.

Oh, yeah? Good for you.

Was he awake?

Are you kidding?

I was on him like hair on a gorilla.

Where do you get these expressions?

TV.

You're coming around, Kazmonaut.

Took you long enough.

Yes, we screwed this up good.

Aw, damn it.

You know,

I think of all the shit we did wrong--

An impressive amount of shit.

--we were this close to pulling it off.

Ahh...

Well, look...

I made some big mistakes.

Don't you hate the feel of wet shorts?

I actually kind of like it.

Really? Eee-yiii.

What a waste.

This could have been really big.

That's what kills me.

Yes! I feel like you!

I would love another chance.

I know we could do better!

Get out of here!

Where do you think you're going?

It's 8:00. I'm going to work.

Wait! What work?

What are you doing with him?

Kaz? He's going back to work, too.

Aren't you in enough trouble?

Where's your uncle?

Ramada Inn coffee shop eating silver dollar pancake.

Tell him we made a deal with these men.

By 7:30 tomorrow, there'll be 15,000 cars.

Tell him if he's honorable,

he will give these men their raises.

Certainly.

I will tell him you said that.

Now!

My wife had baby girl.

( speaking Japanese )

Congratulations.

We have 1,000 cars to build.

We'll get started.

1,000 cars?

The two of you?

Yeah. We'll skip lunch.

This shouldn't be too bad.

These at the end are almost done.

( speaking Japanese )

What are they doing?

They're building a car.

Hey, Hunt.

This whole thing is an insult to my intelligence.

Is that possible?

Really, I'm ser--

Okay, ha-ha-ha.

He thinks we'll rush in to help.

Okay. There's one.

What did it take, 15, 20 minutes?

4 hours.

Why? Why is he doing it?

He wants to look good for the Japs.

I don't buy that.

Give me another reason.

I'll tell you what.

Maybe he's just trying to save this town.

Hey, Hunt.

We're here.

( Martha Wash's "Breakin' the Ice" playing )

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

Yeah!

♪ I'm ridin' high On a feeling ♪

♪ Breakin' the ice for sure ♪

♪ I took one look Over my shoulder ♪

♪ And I won't Look back no more ♪

♪ We're pullin' the pieces Together ♪

♪ Not afraid To cross the line ♪

♪ I thought I was strong ♪

♪ When I stood here alone ♪

♪ But I just Can't resist this time ♪

♪ I wanna hold my own ♪

♪ So I can melt you down ♪

♪ We both knew it All along ♪

♪ Now we're comin' on So strong ♪

♪ We're breakin' the ice ♪

♪ And I can't Let you down ♪

♪ With a certain Kind of love ♪

♪ You can't live without ♪

♪ We're breakin' the ice ♪

♪ That's more than news ♪

♪ Out of the crowd ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Feelin' too hot To handle ♪

♪ You were just Too cool to fool ♪

♪ Now we're burnin' both Ends of the candle, baby ♪

♪ Breakin' all the rules ♪

♪ I wanna hold you, love ♪

♪ So I can melt you down ♪

♪ We both knew it All along ♪

♪ And we're comin' on So strong ♪

♪ We're breakin' the ice ♪

♪ And I can't let you down ♪

♪ This is the kind of love ♪

♪ You can't live without ♪

♪ We're breakin' the ice ♪

♪ It's all brand-new ♪

♪ Right out of the past ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

No, not here, here, here.

Here, here, here, and here.

Got it?

♪ I want to hold you, love ♪

♪ So I can melt you down ♪

♪ I think we both Knew it all along ♪

♪ Now we're comin' on So strong ♪

♪ We're breakin' the ice ♪

♪ And I can't live it down ♪

♪ This is the kind of love ♪

♪ You can't live without ♪

♪ We're breakin' the ice ♪

♪ Now, it's all brand-new ♪

♪ It's all over town ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

( speaking Japanese )

We could use another man on the wipers.

Hunt-san, Sakimoto-san is here!

How are things going?

Ito says we're coming in short.

It's difficult to count accurately,

but we look short.

By 7:30, he's going to start counting cars.

While he counts...

we can keep building them.

On the last few,

we'll have to cut a few corners.

Just little things,

like...engines.

Maybe I not take the trouble to count.

I understand you question my honor.

I did not question it. I counted on it.

Human forklift coming through!

Okay. Get this one down off the jacks.

No, one bolt, not 4 bolts.

( speaking Japanese )

Don't bolt them now.

Just stick them on.

We'll do that tomorrow.

Good question.

Let's go find out.

He's coming!

Hey, where you fellows been?

We've been standing around a couple of hours.

Waiting for you-- Oop.

Whoops.

( scraping sound )

There you go.

Well...

There they are,

more than enough.

Drinks are on me.

Safety glass.

Ow! My head!

I will make a list

of everything that is wrong with these cars.

Wait a minute.

Are you leaving?

Yes.

Just like that?

You were 6 cars short.

Oh, okay. 6 cars short.

Okay.

Hey, you're making a big mistake.

Why did you say that?

Why do I say that?

Let me tell you about the Pittsburgh state championship game.

Oh, my God!

We're down 16 points starting the fourth quarter.

People left, went home.

Those people missed the greatest comeback

in the history of that tournament.

Get my point?

Not at all.

If you walk out that door,

you'll miss a great comeback.

We're ready to roll, jack.

This will never be like a Japanese factory... Jack.

Oh, yeah?

You're right.

Know what else? So what?

You failed.

Really?

Want to know something?

I got the first car ever made here.

I don't want it anymore.

Matter of fact,

here.

You take the keys.

I'd rather have one of those cars.

I'd rather have a car we made together, by hand.

Our guys together.

You know why?

'Cause those cars stand for something.

Those cars stand for something pretty great.

I'm proud of those cars.

I'm taking one.

Gentlemen...

I'm going home in my new car.

All right!

( engine starts )

Whoa!

I thought it handled great.

Here is everything that is substandard on all these cars.

That's some list!

( speaking Japanese )

Good team.

Good men.

You will fix those

before they leave the factory.

I will.

I will?

I like you.

You make me laugh.

I don't see anything wrong with these cars.

Are you crazy?

Congratulation!

15,000 cars!

Nephew...

Good luck in your new job.

♪ Workin' hard To make a livin' ♪

♪ Building shelter From the rain ♪

♪ The father's son Left to carry on ♪

♪ Blue denim in his veins ♪

♪ Ohh ♪

Let's rock.