A Brief Analysis on the Film King of Masks

Tao’s “An Account of Peach Blossom Spring,” has remained a famous piece of Chinese writing throughout history about the discovery of an otherworldly utopia in which the populace led an ideal existence in harmony with nature, unaware of the outside world. Unlike reality at the time, where the “tension between the state and the individual had developed fully” (Owen 1995, 309), Tao’s Peach Blossom Spring is a tranquil magic otherworldly world that idealized a world of freedom and simplicity. He describes this world as

In pre-revolutionary China, the people were either poor farmers, part of rich families, or busy city-goers. There was a drastic difference between the social classes, but each class placed great value on traditions in the family and in society. For example, the Chinese treated the elder in a family with great respect. People also placed great value on the idols and gods that they worshiped. Just as traditions were changing in China, customs also altered in the Wang family. In The Good Earth Wang Lung’s sons do not grow up worshiping the Earth Gods as their father had done, no longer hold the same positive attitude towards the Earth, and reject filial piety altogether. In The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung’s children are raised in an

His parents were very kind to him. Some people would say they were too kind to Wang. When Wang was seven, he loved to steal, but his parents didn’t care. By the time he was ten, he was stealing from the palace. All his parents would say was “Good job” or “Nice”. They didn’t really care about what he did. Wang wanted to make his parents proud.

Liu Lian sends Wu Dawang home when her husband comes back, but arranges for a transfer to an urban job for him (a gift of the highest order), while her husband draws other consequences (that affect a large circle). The episode affected many lives, and yet remains a small, personal, and almost intimate one.

Often with the gain of monetary wealth, the decline of morality follows closely behind. This is magnified in the lives of Wang Lung’s three sons. The eldest son becomes obsessed with women and is eager to satisfy the desires of the flesh. For the rich, this is a common thing. Once you tire of the beautiful maid

Focusing upon the mothers, it’s revealed that social divisions between males and females in China continue from early childhood and last until late adulthood. In The Kitchen God’s Wife, Winnie Louie learns from her cousin, Peanut that: “‘If a woman can get enough yang inside her, she can make sons. Not enough, then she only has girls (Tan 161).”’ Peanut states this occurred to a married woman, who only gave birth to daughters and as a result, the boy’s side of the family is very upset with her.

Wang Lung is shocked by his son’s announcement because he never expects that his son is the type of person to fight in battle. At this moment of shock, all of Wang Lung’s misconceptions about his son are shattered. Wang Lung is shocked to an extent where he tries to convince his son to stay through bribing him. Wang Lung’s attempts to save his relationship with his son are too late, and his son cannot be bribed by women and education as his elder brothers are. The young boy expresses these facts when he

Knowing that Tianqing is peeping through the hole to watch her bathe, Ju Dou intentionally reveals her naked and wounded body for Tianqing to see. As such, by questioning, “what are you afraid of?” and assertively saying “I’ve kept my body for you”, Ju Dou takes advantage of her body as a weapon to win over Tianqing’s heart and initiate an illicit relationship, which juxtaposes Ju Dou’s courageousness and fearlessness to Tianqing’s cowardice (Ngan

This put immense pressure on females to give birth to males as their social statuses depended on it. Males are also known to be the preferred sex because they have a higher wage earning capacity especially since 80% of China’s population live in rural areas. Males also continue patriarchal lines and they have the responsibility of caring for their elderly parents. Many females still face scrutiny and pressure from relatives and neighbors especially in rural communities where traditions are followed more strictly. All of these cultural beliefs have contributed to the reason why sex selection is still a problem today.

Lung wakes up to the sun pouring into his room each morning. He gets up and goes out to his fields. Lung’s sons also wake up, but do not go into the fields like their father always does. Instead, they go into a town filled with merchants and shops, to meet with their teacher. Northern China, where The Good Earth is set, contains a small rural village where Lung’s family lives. Lung’s sons’ values are different from those of their father, who grew up in poverty and worked diligently to earn the prosperity which his sons how enjoy. In The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck, Wang Lung’s children are raised in an atmosphere of privilege, leading them away from their family's traditional values.

For example, it is extremely apparent when he cheats on his wife. The narrator explicitly states “Every day he went to the tea shop” (181). Wang only went to the shop to “see” Lotus, and, eventually, he hardly saw O-lan, his wife, as his spouse anymore. These constant affairs set an example for Wang’s children. His oldest son was obviously led astray by his father’s lack of discipline and is shown when he goes to find an old lady to use as a prostitute.

Growing up is one of the most confusing times in one’s life, as you are not completely sure of your interest. In Yukio Mishima’s Confessions of a Mask, Kochan is going through one of the hardest times in his life, as he is accepting that he is a homosexual. Kochan tries desperately to be normal and convince himself that he does in fact like women. However, that is to no avail, as he soon becomes infatuated with a fellow student named Omi. In this essay I will discuss how Kochan’s love for Omi, ends up being only lust.

“Historically, like almost every culture on the planet, Japan has tended toward idealizing male dominance and female

Rene Gallimard as Jeremy Irons, is a diplomat at the French Embassy in Beijing, China, at a time when France and the People’s Republic of China are establishing diplomatic relations. He falls in love with a Chinese opera diva, Liling Song, as recognized as John Lone, when he first time went to an opera and saw this beautiful Chinese “women” on the stage performed a famous play, Madama Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini. Madama Butterfly describes a love tragedy between a Japanese geisha and an American officer. The Japanese beautiful woman is spoony and chastity. She did not expect her lover already married; at the end she killed herself to accuse the betrayal of love. Rene and the Song’s love story began with Madama Butterfly, however, in M. Butterfly, Song is not the Oriental female who sacrifice for the love. In fact, Song is a Communist agent that disguised by a male. There are varied themes that present in this film, which are stereotypes, ideology, Orientalism, imperialism and sexism in comparison to both East and West cultures. This paper will focus

Many themes are depicted in these movies, and yet, the topic which has been most discussed is the exploration of identity. I will discuss in the following of my paper on three Hong Kong movies I pick, Full Moon in New York (Dir. Stanley Kwan, 1989), Her Fatal Ways (Dir. Alfred Cheung, 1990), and Comrades, Almost a Lover Story (Dir. Peter Chan, 1997) as reference to illustrate my idea into a deeper level.