The Terror: Infamy focused on strategic use of Japanese language

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"The show once again reflects the ongoing discussion of defining who is American, and it’s not based on how one looks or speaks, accented or not," Hanh Nguyen says of using the Japanese language in some episodes." And although the average non-Japanese-American won’t be able to tell the difference, The Terror: Infamy makes a point to even differentiate between the types of Japanese spoken. Showrunner Alexander Woo says of using Japanese: “It creates a haunting feeling – hearing a different language and then watching someone’s facial expressions. It’s a slightly different kind of way of interpreting a performance that I haven’t entirely sussed out yet but it creates a really satisfying feeling to a viewer that is not the same as you usually feel when you see and hear an actor’s lines. It’s built into your own brain. There’s something a little bit different.”