Why does Hollywood pay more attention to Japan when choosing the oriental cultural background?

But specifically, the American audience can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese cultures at all, and think that Chinese and Japanese cultures are too similar and can be classified into one category. So now Hollywood has made a mixture of Chinese and Japanese cultures on the screen, mixed with an oriental element, and there is no clear reference to China, Japan and South Korea. Take its essence, discard its dross and mix it with an oriental embellishment element based on the same American values.

The mood of the American audience is the same as that of most China audiences. After a week's hard work, they ate a big meal, bought their favorite drinks and popcorn, and happily chose a blockbuster movie to go to the cinema. This kind of "black closed space" has a strong sense of bringing in, but most viewers don't like to mix too many of their own ideas when watching movies. Their brains are at the mercy of movies, just like dreaming.

Therefore, even if there is a clear cultural distinction between China and Japan in Hollywood, the screen display of movies is still very weak.

For example, just as you insist that a China person distinguishes between American elements and British elements in a movie, it is possible that the United States and Britain have their own cultural specialties in many details, but it is difficult for people who are far apart to understand them only through two hours of movies.

Therefore, when we observe this film phenomenon from the perspective of an early American, we should actually understand it more thoroughly.

If I am an American audience, I don't care whether the film has China culture or Japanese culture, because I can't tell the difference between them at all, and I came to the cinema with the spirit of enjoyment, which makes it even more difficult to think about this issue.

If it is hard to say which country the oriental elements in the film represent, then as an American audience, I will definitely choose my relatively familiar Japanese culture as the main representative of the oriental cultural elements in the picture.