A review and analysis of The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa — some spoilers. It would help to know the manner in which this story was written. The Tales of the Heiké is a Japanese classic from the 13th century, about the war between the Heiké clan (AKA the Taira) and the Genji clan (AKAContinue reading “The Heike Story: Fragmented “
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Filial Piety as Devotion & Self-Sacrifice in the Film Tokyo Story
In one of my university classes we viewed the film Tokyo Story,1 which presents Noriko, one of the protagonists, as an admirable woman who lives out the virtue of filial piety to the parents of her deceased husband. Although my family tried to impress such ideals upon me in accordance with the Christian worldview, IContinue reading “Filial Piety as Devotion & Self-Sacrifice in the Film Tokyo Story”
The Curious Critic 