Gung Ho
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Gung Ho is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard about a Japanese company taking over an American car factory, exploring culture clashes and workplace tensions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gung Ho canonical | 6 |
| Gung Ho (TV series) | 2 |
| "Gung Ho" | 1 |
| Gung Ho! | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2905486 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gung Ho Context triple: [Jean Speegle Howard, workedOn, Gung Ho]
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Red Tails
Red Tails is a 2012 war drama film that dramatizes the World War II exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.
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B.
The B Team
The B Team is a global nonprofit initiative that brings together business and civil society leaders to promote responsible, sustainable, and inclusive business practices worldwide.
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C.
Kita Iwo Jima
Kita Iwo Jima is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean that forms part of Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) archipelago.
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D.
The Hump
The Hump was the perilous World War II Allied airlift route over the eastern Himalayas used to transport vital supplies from India to China after the Japanese cut off the Burma Road.
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E.
Kamikaze
Kamikaze is a classic vodka-based cocktail typically made with triple sec and lime juice, known for its strong, citrusy flavor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gung Ho Target entity description: Gung Ho is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard about a Japanese company taking over an American car factory, exploring culture clashes and workplace tensions.
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A.
Red Tails
Red Tails is a 2012 war drama film that dramatizes the World War II exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.
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B.
The B Team
The B Team is a global nonprofit initiative that brings together business and civil society leaders to promote responsible, sustainable, and inclusive business practices worldwide.
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C.
Kita Iwo Jima
Kita Iwo Jima is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean that forms part of Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) archipelago.
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D.
The Hump
The Hump was the perilous World War II Allied airlift route over the eastern Himalayas used to transport vital supplies from India to China after the Japanese cut off the Burma Road.
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E.
Kamikaze
Kamikaze is a classic vodka-based cocktail typically made with triple sec and lime juice, known for its strong, citrusy flavor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematography | Donald Peterman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
American labor unions
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Japanese management style ⓘ cross-cultural communication ⓘ labor relations ⓘ |
| director | Ron Howard ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor |
Daniel P. Hanley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Hill ⓘ |
| explores |
cultural differences between Japan and the United States
ⓘ
workplace tensions ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ohio
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Gung Ho (TV series)
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linked to:
Gung Ho
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| hasGenre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American car factory
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Japanese company ⓘ workplace culture clash ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Thomas Newman ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Japanese company takeover of American car plant ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | American automobile factory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1980s American cinema ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Grazer
ⓘ
Ron Howard ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 111 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Babaloo Mandel
ⓘ
Lowell Ganz ⓘ |
| setting | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| starring |
Gedde Watanabe
ⓘ
George Wendt ⓘ John Turturro ⓘ Michael Keaton ⓘ Mimi Rogers ⓘ |
| title | Gung Ho ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (10)
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