The Social Context and Influence of Yamada Yoji’s Films

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10.2991/assehr.k.220706.046How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Yoji Yamada; film analysis; social context; “Tora-san” series

Abstract

Director Yoji Yamada began to direct films in the 1960s. He filmed the series “It’s Tough Being a Man” – starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as “Tora-san”, a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as “Tora-san” by its fans. Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995, which is well-known in the Japanese film industry, and is warmly sought after and loved by the audience. Yamada Yoji’s films are warm and moving, presenting a harmonious and orderly Japanese society and showing good human relations. Even if the progress of the times has led to various social conflicts, they are often resolved in a peaceful way in the film. Yamada Yoji’s film shows us that the little people in Japan’s lower-class society live actively according to their own life patterns. Although their living conditions are sympathetic, their attitude towards life is respectable. This article mainly discusses the Japanese social context and its influence reflected in Yamada Yoji’s films.

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TI  - The Social Context and Influence of Yamada Yoji’s Films
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange（ICLACE 2022)
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