Just like in the movie, the TV series follows the exploits of Hunt Stevenson (here, played by
Scott Bakula as opposed to
Michael Keaton in the movie), a laid-back American employee liaison of a Japanese car company (Assan Motors) in the fictional city of Hadleyville, Pennsylvania. Much of the humor arises from the abounding clashes between Hunt and the new Japanese plant manager, Kaz Kazuhiro (
Gedde Watanabe, reprising his role from the movie) while looking for ways to bridge the culture gap between one another. ==Cast==