No this isn't another thread about how they cast Chinese actresses to play Japanese characters. Lol
I was just wondering, can Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc tell which country a person is from by their appearance or mannerisms? My parents are Dominican and they can pretty accurately tell if someone is from Puerto Rico or Ecuador, or any other Spanish speaking country just by how they talk or look. Does this work for Asians too?
I am mixed and got Japanese & other asians cousins, so I can tell from which country everyone is like if they are from Russia,France,England,Dominican etc, I can indentified people so yes I knew little Sayuri was Japanese and older was Chinese is not that hard to know.
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Yes, it's pretty easy to figure out, especially from their mannerisms.
yepp. i can tell by the way they speak. japanese, chinese (mandarin/cantonese), korean, vietnamese, etc., have very distiince differences in their language (amongst a lotta other things).
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My parents are Dominican and they can pretty accurately tell if someone is from Puerto Rico or Ecuador, or any other Spanish speaking country just by how they talk or look. Does this work for Asians too?
Typically you can differentiate Chinese people, but Koreans and Japanese are a different matter. Sometimes you can tell the difference between Koreans and Japanese, but there are many times it's hard to differentiate (In terms of looks). Anybody who tells you otherwise is full of it.
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I've noticed that by getting "used to seeing" them you can -to some extend. I'm European, and i could never tell Asian people apart. But during the last year i've been watching many Asian films, especially Korean ones(they are excellent by the way) , so now i can tell if someone is Korean by looking at them a lot easiler.I'm not always right of course, but i can make a pretty good guess. To Japanese and Chinese people too. As for the accents that's the easiest part, they sound very different.
To give another aspect to the subject: I never used to find Asian men attractive.....now i do! And i've realised the whole "attraction" thing has SO much to do with how used you are to a certain "physique" , and how it's portrayed by your culture! For example, name me one European or American film where an Asian guy is portrayed as a womaniser, a charmer! I can't think of one! That, on top of the fact that especially in Europe you don't often have interaction with Asian people(there are not many) , it does influence your opinion.
Now, watching these Asian films in which of course the "lovers" and "charmers" and "tough guys" are naturally Asian, and i'm getting more and more used to their looks, i see them with a different "eye" if that makes any sense.
I work at a Japanese restaurant with a steady stream of Japanese chefs and kitchen hands who have come and gone over the past couple of years I've worked there. I have noticed (co-workers, customers and other Japanese people I've met) that they generally have very slim deep-set eyes, prominent noses (compared to other Asians) and tanned skin. However, my boss has extremely (naturally) frizzy hair and a few other Japanese co-workers have been very pale or quite wide-eyed.
I think this is what people need to take into account when trying to discern someone's nationality by just their features; yes, there are going to be maybe ten people you meet from one ethnicity with similar features, but I can guarantee you will meet ten more who look entirely different. You're going to have to take into account their accent, mannerisms and perhaps even their dress sense and religion among other things.
That being said, if I were to place a blond Aussie, an American and an English person next to one another, would you be able to tell their nationality apart just by looking at their facial features?
For the record, my mum is Indonesian and my dad an Australian (with Latvian/English background), and I mostly get mistaken for either Spanish or Japanese depending on whether I straighten my hair or not.
I am part Japanese and lived in Hawaii for several years.
Yes it is very easy to tell the difference between asian races, especially Japanese and Chinese. When you are around multi-cultures like in Hawaii it becomes a second nature.
As for the person who mentioned that it is improbable with latin americans. I speak fluent spanish, and have lived in Mexico several years. Accents and mannerisms are dead giveaways in Spanish, and yes you can tell the difference between Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, South Americans etc by their accent though not always by their looks.
Jennifer Lopez a Puerto Rican to the disappointment of some got the role of mega superstar Selena in the movie. Maria Conchita Alonzo also played the role of Mexican Americans in several movies. Most recently and pretty much to my disgust in the movie "The Perfect Game" most of the kids who played on the little league ball team were hispanic americans of Central American descent (very obvious in their features) and did not look at all like Mexican children. It really detracted from the movie making it very unbelivable.
When it comes to other nationalities, Hollywood likes to take lots of liberties when casting roles - of course they are not as bad as before when Caucasians painted their faces red to play native americans.
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I am part Japanese and lived in Hawaii for several years.
Yes it is very easy to tell the difference between asian races, especially Japanese and Chinese. When you are around multi-cultures like in Hawaii it becomes a second nature.
As for the person who mentioned that it is improbable with latin americans. I speak fluent spanish, and have lived in Mexico several years. Accents and mannerisms are dead giveaways in Spanish, and yes you can tell the difference between Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, South Americans etc by their accent though not always by their looks.
Jennifer Lopez a Puerto Rican to the disappointment of some got the role of mega superstar Selena in the movie. Maria Conchita Alonzo also played the role of Mexican Americans in several movies. Most recently and pretty much to my disgust in the movie "The Perfect Game" most of the kids who played on the little league ball team were hispanic americans of Central American descent (very obvious in their features) and did not look at all like Mexican children. It really detracted from the movie making it very unbelivable.
When it comes to other nationalities, Hollywood likes to take lots of liberties when casting roles - of course they are not as bad as before when Caucasians painted their faces red to play native americans.