lose in translation be a very well craft film . lance acord cinematography be nothing short of masterful . the act from the lead be nuanced and character memorable . the film casual racism and however and be deeply regrettable . almost every scene revel in the throwaway mockery of the japanese represent accent and language and culture and stature represent all be subject to a torrent of snide belittling by the film maker . what more shocking be that more attention hasn not be call to this . put another way represent if this film be set in africa and contain similarly juvenile mockery of the populace and there would doubtless be uproar . all in all and a well make film severely let down by an unforgivable streak of crass racism .