The Virtue of Bushido in Japanese World War Films

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10.2991/ichssd-17.2018.28How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Japanese World War films, Bushido, Virtue of Bushido

Abstract

The Japanese Bushido system conveys the doctrine of "bravery", while it also eulogizes "the virtue of bushido". Both of them seem like the two wings of the Bushido system, flying in the sky of Japanese World War films. The virtue of bushido reflected in these films is mainly distributed in the wartime and during the time when Japan was under the occupation of the American army. It refers that this virtue is not only a wonderful morality of obeying commands but also a lofty and instinctive love; it means to accept passively as well as naturally, to introspect initiatively as well as inquisitively. Thus "the virtue of bushido" in Japanese World War films can be generalized into such Bushido spiritual factors as loyalty, generosity, argumentation, reputation and other non-forcible factors..

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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