Ryoko Itakura Character Traits

There are different characters and character traits that can reveal a great deal about Japanese culture. Ms. Ryoko Itakura is the main character of A Taxing Woman and is a female tax auditor and later tax inspector. She is an important character in learning about women in the Japanese workforce, who are often underrepresented. Ryoko is the only female special investigator because it is difficult for women to receive job promotions in Japan. This is because they often leave their jobs during their pregnancy and if they decide to return to work, they must restart from the bottom or may choose to take a part-time job. Mr. Tomio Aoki is a coworker of Mr. Sugiyama in Shall We Dance?. He is not so great at his job and frequently makes mistakes, …show more content…
With the help of his teammates, the baseball team's manager, and the manager's daughter, Jack is able to learn more about and grow to appreciate Japanese culture during his time in Nagoya. He also learns the Japanese idea that acceptance and cooperation are also strengths and that fighting and disapproving of everything thrown at you is not the best way to succeed at life. He also learns to appreciate Japanese food, such as Kobe beef, and respect the culture in general. Lord Hidetora Ichimonji is the protagonist of Akira Kurosawa's film Ran and is an aging warlord with three sons who could potentially take his place as ruler. Lord Hidetora's status as a warlord provides the viewer some insight into life in an older Japanese society. There is historical value in seeing his castles, the dress and hairstyles of the men and women, and the violence of the era. The warlords of the time would often conquer other castles and kill everyone in sight before taking one of the women with him to wed a son, which Lord Hidetora has done several times. His brutality and his sons' equal violence reveal the instability and constant conflict of that period in Japanese