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| In: | Short Film Studies, 5, 2015, 2, p. 193-196 |
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Intellect
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 193-196 |
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| ISSN: |
2042-7824
2042-7832 |
| DOI: | 10.1386/sfs.5.2.193_1 |
| published in: | Short Film Studies |
| Language: | English |
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| Collection: | Intellect (CrossRef) |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Social exchanges in Japan tend to be formal and follow prescribed rituals. In Bean Cake, gender representation reflects the rigid order of the Japanese society of 1933. But, as a story of pure love, aesthetically influenced by the cinema of Ozu, the film shows the feminine bedrock of that society.</jats:p> |