It is what it is

Rating: 6/10 (10 January 2017)

A lot has been written about the alleged cultural insensitivity or even racism towards Japanese in Lost in Translation, but really, Lost in Translation is what it is.
Lost in Translation was written and directed by Italian-American Sofia "The Godfather Part III" Coppola (who is related to Nic Cage). Sofia has every right to write and direct her movie how she sees fit for better or worse, even if she perpetuates stereotypes and so on.
If say a Japanese filmmaker wrote and directed a movie about a Japanese actor taking up a lucrative advertising job in the USA, the filmmaker can be forgiven if there are stereotypes about obese and loud Americans. Or if the film was set in the UK, there would be stereotypes about Brits with bad teeth and so on if you know what i mean.