Takagi was a billionaire tycoon. Hans was well read and well versed in global socioeconomics. And heck, he did his research on that building as well as the Nakatomi Corporation. He'd have seen plenty of pictures of Takagi. Why would he have to wade through the crowd of party-goers, asking for Takagi to make himself known?
shareWell to be fair, Asians look the same...
shareBoom. Funny shit.
shareHeh heh. I went to the Far East (Japan) for the first time in the mid-90s. After I got back, a friend asked me if they had those height stickers next to the doors in convenience stores. I said, "Yeah, I think so. Why?" He said, "Well, they really need them over there because describing a shoplifter to police is more difficult because they all look so similar." He was dead serious.
sharethey look similar is both true and false phrase actually. The way our facial recognition works is that we notice the largest differences from people we usually see. So if you go to Japan at first they will all look similar because youll see only the largest differences from the usual western face structure, however as you get used to seeing more of them the more subtle differences will become more noticable. The same would work in reverse, for a Japanece citizen all europeans will "look the same". Its just how our psychology works.
shareGreat point Ripkens!
shareI don't think Takagi was a billionaire tycoon. He was the senior officer running the LA branch. Although I do agree that with the info Hans was spouting his source should have also provided him with a picture.
Maybe his source gave him the info over the phone or possibly Hans killed him to keep him from talking before he had an opportunity. Remember their plan depended on nobody being alive to inform the authorities of their real intentions.
He clearly has seen his photo, so he was looking through their faces to identify him.
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Just saving time. He could keep looking or just demand Takagi step forward. One option's faster.
And of course it gives the audience some exposition, as well as demonstrating Hans's preparedness and professionalism
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Plenty of pictures? Where? I can see him popping up in Forbes or a newspaper article once in a while, but often? I don;t see that.He's the president of a company, not a country.
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