Do American Movies Threaten the Existence of Asian Culture & Tradition?
Are Asian teens losing their ancestral culture in today’s modern society? Due to a drastic increase of popularity in Western films (mostly those from Hollywood); many older Asian citizens would state that common day teens are losing touch with the aged old culture and authentic homegrown entertainment. Does this increase in popularly cause a threat to Asian traditions and cultural aspects that many around the world look in appreciation towards? Is this cultural decline due to Western entertainment exclusively? In my opinion this downturn of abstracting Japanese culture began hundreds of years ago during the Tokugawa Period which is also known now as the Edo Period. During the Edo Period (1603 to 1868), many changes were brought to the attention of all Japanese citizens. The ruling shogunate by the name of Ieyasu Tokugawa was a modern man that had many dreams of slowly culturing the Japanese citizens with trade by means of the city called Edo, now better known as Tokyo. Many Asian histo
