Myth And Masculinity In The Japanese Cinema

This work argues that in Japanese popular cinema the tragic hero narrative is an archetypal plot-structure upon which male genres are based. Two questions in relation to these Japanese film genres and historical consciousness are addressed.

• | Author: Isolde Standish
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138863238
• | ISBN-13: 9781138863231