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242 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781138863231
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
This study 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. Two central questions in relation to these post-war Japanese fi...
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242 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781138863231
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
This study 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. Two central questions in relation to these post-war Japanese fi...