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From the traditions of J-horror to the representation of kakusa shakai in Kurosawa's film Tokyo Sonata

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This article investigates the popular cultural implications of the “gap-widening society” (kakusa shakai) as identified by Yamada Masahiro. A recent revival of sociological terms like freeter and NEET in popular cultural media reflects an increasing concern with the rapidly changing social landscape in contemporary Japanese society. Starting with the phenomenon of postwar economic growth, each subsequent generation of Japanese has allegorically and symbolically represented the dramatic social changes they experienced through popular cultural media like film and manga.

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  • Rosenbaum Roman, 2010. "From the traditions of J-horror to the representation of kakusa shakai in Kurosawa's film Tokyo Sonata," Contemporary Japan, De Gruyter, vol. 22(1-2), pages 115-136, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:conjap:v:22:y:2010:i:1-2:p:115-136:n:8
    DOI: 10.1515/cj.2010.008
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