Gung Ho from that powerhouse year of cinema, 1986 comes to mind. 33% on RT.
Michael Keaton stars as a wheeler-dealer who hopes to save a failing Pennsylvania automobile-assembly factory from having to close its doors. Keaton persuades a Japanese auto firm to reopen the factory, retrain its staff, and streamline the operation. It isn't long before the American-born workers grow to resent the disciplinary demands of their new Japanese bosses, setting the stage for a comic clash of cultures.
There's a classic scene whereby a Japanese Executive berates employees by making them wear "ribbons of shame" and whenever I'm in a meeting and some uppity-up or HR type is getting wound up I secretly them picturing them yelling "Zos are riiibons of shaaame!" and it cracks me up inside.
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