one flaw

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2004)

I think that there was one thing that Tom Cruise as star and producer goofed on. Cruise's character is taken captive and is living with the Japanese family of the man he killed. He is having a meal with them. He says "okawari" which means "refill" or "another helping." Then he asks what chopsticks are called. He is told that they are called "hashi." Then the children tell him that "hana" means "nose" and "mimi" means "ears." I have learned many Japanese words and phrases in the past 40 years, but I just learned "okawari" last year. I doubt very much that a "gaijin" (foreigner) would know the word "okawari" before learning the words "hashi," "hana," and "mimi."