Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes |
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... father was given full control over all family property , the right to determine the family members ' place of ... father at home and to the emperor as the father of us all , came down to the same thing ; one was the logical extension of ...
... father was given full control over all family property , the right to determine the family members ' place of ... father at home and to the emperor as the father of us all , came down to the same thing ; one was the logical extension of ...
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... father in this film is not that he does anything wrong , as , for instance , the father in De Sica's ' Bicycle Thieves ' who has to steal to eat . On the contrary , he makes a fool of himself by doing what is in the circumstances right ...
... father in this film is not that he does anything wrong , as , for instance , the father in De Sica's ' Bicycle Thieves ' who has to steal to eat . On the contrary , he makes a fool of himself by doing what is in the circumstances right ...
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... father . He leaves home , followed by his mother ( who could not possibly live without her son ) , and the rest of the family , including the daughter who breaks off her forced engagement . As a result the father loses his financial ...
... father . He leaves home , followed by his mother ( who could not possibly live without her son ) , and the rest of the family , including the daughter who breaks off her forced engagement . As a result the father loses his financial ...
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