Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes |
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Page 167
... gangster film , which is in many respects a continuation of the Chushingura mentality . But here too , one must be careful to keep myth and reality apart . The yakuza ( gangsters ) in the cinema are creatures of the popular imagination ...
... gangster film , which is in many respects a continuation of the Chushingura mentality . But here too , one must be careful to keep myth and reality apart . The yakuza ( gangsters ) in the cinema are creatures of the popular imagination ...
Page 173
... gangster films in the Bogart and Cagney era , who were exaggerated versions of capitalist go - getters . The good ... gangsters , but they are noble gangsters who do not start gang wars at the slightest provocation of mere thugs . This ...
... gangster films in the Bogart and Cagney era , who were exaggerated versions of capitalist go - getters . The good ... gangsters , but they are noble gangsters who do not start gang wars at the slightest provocation of mere thugs . This ...
Page 190
... gangster without nobility , has no idea how to conduct this painful ceremony properly , and when at last he manages to hack off his little finger with a kitchen knife , it gets lost in the ensuing scuffle . The entire gang of silk ...
... gangster without nobility , has no idea how to conduct this painful ceremony properly , and when at last he manages to hack off his little finger with a kitchen knife , it gets lost in the ensuing scuffle . The entire gang of silk ...
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