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Myth and Masculinity in the Japanese Cinema: Towards a Political Reading of the Tragic Hero

Myth and Masculinity in the Japanese Cinema: Towards a Political Reading of the Tragic Hero

by Standish, Isolde
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This text argues that in Japanese popular cinema the 'tragic hero' narrative is an archetypal plot-structure upon which male genres, such as the war-retro and yakuza films are based.

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Pub dateAug 25, 2000
ISBN-100700712917
ISBN-139780700712915
LanguageEnglish
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