Interesting page on Japanese vs. Dutch methods of perceiving emotions, Japanese compensate for distortion of masked anger by paying more attention to the voice than the facial expressions...the muscles are universal, but the distortions are culture specific: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/perception-of-emotion-is-culture-specific.html
Remember that as actors, there are lots of tools at our disposal...you can disconnect the voice from the facial reactions, if the piece calls for it.
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June 21, 2011
Research on Cultural Display Rules: Japan vs. America
"The Japanese men used smiles to cover up their negative expressions much more often than the American men (Ekman, 1972, Friesen, 1972).
To investigate further the meaning of those differences, Matsumoto and Kudoh (1993) obtained ratings from Japanese and Americans on smiling versus non-smiling (i.e., neutral) faces with regard to intelligence, attractiveness, and sociability. Americans rated smiling faces as more intelligent than neutral faces; the Japanese, however, did not. Americans and Japanese both found smiling faces more sociable than neutral faces, but for the Americans the difference was to a greater degree. These differences suggest that cultural display rules cause Japanese and Americans to attribute different meanings to the smile, and serve as a good explanation for perceived major differences in communication styles across cultures."
http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/faces/script/Ch05.htm
To investigate further the meaning of those differences, Matsumoto and Kudoh (1993) obtained ratings from Japanese and Americans on smiling versus non-smiling (i.e., neutral) faces with regard to intelligence, attractiveness, and sociability. Americans rated smiling faces as more intelligent than neutral faces; the Japanese, however, did not. Americans and Japanese both found smiling faces more sociable than neutral faces, but for the Americans the difference was to a greater degree. These differences suggest that cultural display rules cause Japanese and Americans to attribute different meanings to the smile, and serve as a good explanation for perceived major differences in communication styles across cultures."
http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/faces/script/Ch05.htm
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