Author： Ono Yoko
Publisher： Intellect Books
ISSN： 2049-6710
Source： Asian Cinema, Vol.16, Iss.2, 2005-09, pp. : 147-154
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Abstract
In this paper, I shall examine the depiction and portrayal of masculine heroism of Woo's and Kitano's works, namely A Better Tomorrow and Sonatine (1993), and analyze the thematic concerns in these two films. This comparison will highlight the high evaluation of loyalty in the homosocial world of Woo, if not Hong Kong Noir, and how Kitano, and with him contemporary Japanese society, lost belief in heroism.
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