
TMDb Rating
7.0/10
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The Colonel Comes to Japan (1981)
DocumentaryTV Movie
28 min
Plot Summary
It seems highly unlikely that Colonel Sanders ever thought that he would be selling his Kentucky Fried Chicken to the Japanese, but Kentucky Fried Chicken, Japan, Inc. is doing just that, and doing it successfully. The company, headed by an American director and staffed by the Japanese, has raised the business of fast-food retailing to an art. Here West meets East as the Japanese are shown how to prepare the product and the Americans are introduced to the fine art of Japanese business. –cte.uw.edu
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DocumentaryTV MovieJohn NathanEric SevareidLoy Weston1981
Director
John Nathan
Top Cast
Eric SevareidLoy Weston
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