Talk:The Ramen Girl

Nationality issues
My concerns, and the reasons for my edits, are simply the ongoing problems of Korean plagiarism and Korean encroachment upon Japanese culture. Seeing the modus operandi (the studio could evidently easily hire plenty of Japanese actors, but somehow decided to go with a Korean for the lead role), I don't think that it's fair play, to say the least. I don't want to get further into that here. If there's an issue of nationality (for example a Japanese role filled by a Korean actor), and if that issue presents a real problem in regards to sociopolitical tensions (as Japan-Korea relations do), the only way to avoid taking a side is to avoid labeling the movie with a country of origin, instead stating where it was filmed and by who. Doing otherwise will only skew the viewpoint of the article. I can agree to go back on my earlier edits, but the very least that I feel will even come close to upholding Wikipedia's standards of neutrality is to altogether avoid labeling the movie "Japanese" or "Korean". Now, my personal opinion is that Korean plagiarism, IP infringement and anti-Japanese sentiment, together with many other issues caused by these (Takeshima, the fishing boat incident, the May 2013 Osaka stabbings) are grievous crimes and should be punished by international sanctions, so I hope you can see I'm willing to compromise on this. However, calling the movie Japanese when the lead actor is Korean will only upset people with personal involvement in the sociopolitical aspects of the issue. Rainbowkouji (talk) 20:04, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * What on earth does any of this have to do with the article? I quote WP: NPOV, which I think I have suggested that you read twice now, and would suggest you actually read so that you understand what is and is not "POV," that "Editing from a neutral point of view (NPOV) means representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without bias, all of the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic. All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view."  According to IMDB, a leading film database website, the film, which covers America and Japan, was filmed in America and Japan, but mostly Japan, and is filmed principally in the English and Japanese languages, is an American-Japanese film (as per their site, Country: USA, Japan).  That the presence of a Korean actor in a Japanese movie makes you feel uncomfortable does not go into it at all.  What is the case is that there is only one significant view (actually, only one view at all) on what country this movie is from, which is to say, it's a joint American-Japanese production.  I would also direct you to WP: NOR, which indicates that if you want to make any sort of claim, such as the claim that this film is a Korean film, that you first find a reliable, published source indicating as much.  Original research such as "this film as a Korean actor and I don't like that" that is not supported by any published sources is an example of something that should be avoided.  Zmflavius (talk) 20:48, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Sohee Park was born in Joetsu, Niigata, and also has used his Japanese name of Soji Arai. He graduated from Waseda University. Not only is this comment detestable and frivolous, it is demonstrably false. 75.139.144.179 (talk) 14:12, 16 July 2020 (UTC)