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Japs used to be poor before they created anime and videogames.

>>4077750
Also how come this shitty black and white low production movie entertained me more then Transformers 1 and 2, 2012 and avatar together.

>>4077753
I know but right now I went to the store and bough like a kilo of rice in them little cooking bags for like 1.25€

>>4077750
Baka gaijin again.

>>4077752
Because you are a weeaboo faggot who automatically dismisses anything done by western culture as being inferior to Japan.

Overall movie quality as gone down though. Same old shit: blockbuster, chickflick, kiddie cartoon. Avatar was trying to combine all three into one.

>>4077750
Rice was practically life back then. The more rice you had, the more likely you were able to prosper. It was like money. Seriously.

I forgot what the exact Japanese is, but they used to call America "Land of a lot of Rice" because they thought that since America was a prosperous and powerful country, it must be able to grow tons of rice. I think the name was "Daikoku".

In that time period there was no food at all, and lots of ronin.

So yeah they did murder each other over food.

>>4077752
The director is LEGENDARY.

I noticed one thing, the Yankees were fighting over ONE BOWL of wheat.
Why is that?
Was wheat such a valuable commodity?

>>4077771
Well no in comparison I find Sunshine or District 9 or LoTR movies to better then the movies I've mentioned.

>>4077752
You watched an Akira Kurosawa film of course Micheal Bay would look small time.

>>4077753
Koso gaijin again.

>>4077781
Replace Bowl of wheat with Bread and you'll have something.

>>4077753
Kuso gaijin again.

>>4077773
Oh wow thats awesome. Thanks for the info.

I noticed one thing, the gooks were fighting over ONE BOWL of kimchi.
Why is that?
Was kimchi such a valuable commodity?

Living in a shitty country yourself you should understand basic economy of filthy failure societies. Just look out front.

Also, it entertained you more because it's a classic for a reason.

>>4077773 It was like money.

It WAS money. Samurai were paid in a stipend of rice the way Roman legionaries were paid in a stipend of salt. Taxes were levied in rice.

Actually, it's not surprising it had a lot of value. Rice is a difficult crop to plant and grow, meaning a lot of effort has to go into making a crop of it every year and that it has a limited supply, those are key aspects of money. It's also fairly easy to transport, another important aspect of money. Like corn in the Americas, it could also be made into a popular liquid form for even easier transport.

>>4077805
Replace that with a bowl of kimochi and you have something.

>>4077823
Mmm...liquid rice. Its decided. Congee tomorrow morning.

>>4077829
アン,　きもち！

>>4077823
What popular form of liquid corn?

>>4077881
Creamed corn

どのようにしてボウルに感情を入れるのですか？

>>4077887

Cream Corn, no!

>>4077805
koreans are retarded, lol

>>4077773
Oh, so that's why the kanji for America is like that...

>Was rice such a valuable commodity?

Yes. It might not be so today, but just imagine how much the computer you're using right now would have gone for back then.

>>4077967
I thought the price of rice was sky high due to the goverments buying it all up for bio fuels?

>>4077970
Tokugawa shogun lost because he not have enough oil. Technology for biofuel came too late and cause uproar.

>>4077752
>how come this shitty black and white low production movie entertained me more then Transformers 1 and 2, 2012 and avatar together.
Because back then films were story driven and each shot meant something, unlike today where you can blow tons of cash one a single shot.

>One guy had the lost like a jar of rice and he was totally destroyed....
OH WOW.
I really shouldn't have, but..
When I read that I just burst out into uncontrollable, disgusting laughter. I don't even know understand it too much. I mean it's not like it's funny.

That's just ridiculous, a bowl of rice?

>>4078008
Um, you sound kind of messed up in the head.

America is 米国 because the Japanese heard "American" as "米利堅" (meriken).

It's called symbolism. Sorry if you forgot what that is in today's story-telling environment of ROGER ROGER CHARLIE OPERATER OPERATOR *$2 million dollar explosion*

>>4077752
Why did you watch that shounen crap? Seriously now get rid of this cancer of yours

>>4077794
replace bowl with "watermelon" or "fried chicken"

>>4077771
>says western movie quality is declining
>does not mention anime quality declining

Fact is: Japan was dirt poor at that time. The whole economy was based on rice and all their luxury such as silk and porcelain was imported from elsewhere - foremost China.
It is to be understood that Japan has not many ressources on its own, and so they couldnt do anything about it.

Just look at the waraji, the most japanese where wearing. they where nothing more than straw-shoes, worn by the poorest of the poor in other countries at that time.

>>4079761
forgot the pic.