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- ISBN13: 9780689710551
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Academy Award-winning short filmmaker Dennis Lee (Jesus Henry Christ) expands into feature-length territory with this semi-autobiographical tale about a family struggling to see their way through a devastating and unforeseen tragedy.What happens when the House of Yashica, the great Japanese camera manufacturer, is faced with a sagging economy, dwindling sales, increased competition from other national companies and the need to reduce its workforce in order to survive? This story juxtaposes Old Japan thrust up against the New Japan. It describes how company honor and employee loyalty painfully evolve into internal and external human conflict leading to a new but foreign way of life. Based upon true characters, this historical novel explores the world of Japanese business and industry as it gravitates toward the American model and, with it, the decline of the middle class.What happens when the House of Yashica, the great Japanese camera manufacturer, is faced with a sagging ec! onomy, dwindling sales, increased competition from other national companies and the need to reduce its workforce in order to survive? This story juxtaposes Old Japan thrust up against the New Japan. It describes how company honor and employee loyalty painfully evolve into internal and external human conflict leading to a new but foreign way of life. Based upon true characters, this historical novel explores the world of Japanese business and industry as it gravitates toward the American model and, with it, the decline of the middle class.A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free or they will die.
