:08:01
Good evening, gentlemen.
:08:04
Remember, please,
we try not to speak Japanese in class.
:08:09
Now then, Hada-San, would you join me?
:08:17
No bows, Mr. Hada.
:08:19
Remember, bows make Westerners
very uncomfortable.
:08:23
Just a handshake.
:08:25
- Very good, Mr. Hada.
- Very good.
:08:28
Very good. Yes, indeed. Thank you.
:08:30
Now then, we shall assume that
we are in the Los Angeles offices...
:08:34
of the General Electric Corporation.
:08:36
I'm a Mr. Jones,
who has invited you for lunch. Shall we?
:08:39
Okay.
:08:41
Mr. Hada, how are you?
:08:44
Hello, Mr. Jones!
:08:47
My...
:08:50
bowels are not good.
:08:51
No.
:08:53
Please, understand, Mr. Hada...
:08:56
that the phrase, "How are you, Mr. Hada?"...
:08:58
does not require an answer,
other than, "How are you, Mr. Jones?"
:09:03
Because neither Mr. Jones
nor any other American...
:09:06
gives a damn about your health,
your family, or your problems.
:09:10
And you cannot ever speak of bowels...
:09:13
in polite society.
:09:17
Things that occur below the belt,
or below the obi for that matter...
:09:22
may be perfectly natural in Japan.
:09:24
But they are kinjite...
:09:26
forbidden subjects, in the West.
:09:44
No...
:09:46
I have an hour's ride home.
:09:49
Please...
:09:51
rest well, everybody.
:09:55
Until tomorrow, then.