Japan Inc: Lessons for North America? (1981)
Discipline and productivity are more regimented in Japan than in many other parts of the world. For the Japanese, survival means doing things together rather than asserting North-American-style individualism. Japan's industry has automated and computerized at an unparalleled rate. Open-concept offices and collaborative work styles offer a model of the changing style of modern work that could inspire the West to modify their processes as well.
Director: Kalle Lasn
https://www.nfb.ca/film/japan_inc_lessons_for_north_america/
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Stan Peters as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Hideo Iso as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Robert J. Ballon as Self (voice) |
| Directing | Kalle Lasn | Director |
| Production | Kalle Lasn | Producer |
| Editing | Kalle Lasn | Editor |
| Production | Peter Jones | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Taylor | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Paul Sharpe | Sound Mixer |
| Production | John Coney | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Bill Schmalz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Yukio Yamashita | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Fumio Sakuma | Director of Photography |
| Production | Masako Lasn | Production Manager |
| Writing | Joe Wiesenfeld | Writer |