Nikutai no Mon
Nikutai no Mon ( Japanese 肉体 の 門 , dt. About: "Gate of the Flesh") is a novel by Tamura Taijirō . It was published in the March issue of Gunzō magazine in 1947 and is considered one of the most important novels of the nikutai bungaku literature. It was filmed a total of five times and implemented once as a drama .
content
The plot revolves around the life and everyday life of a group of panpan girls, prostitutes in post-war Japan, who formed a community of convenience in the misery and chaos of Tokyo in 1946 to support each other. In this community, sexuality and emotions are subordinated to work and suppressed. One day the prostitute Maya falls in love with the escaped criminal Shintarō Ibuki and sleeps with him, which leads to abuse by the other group members as a punishment. Despite everything, in the end the girl finds her true self through her newfound sexuality .
expenditure
- The Gateway of Flesh, translated by Alan Masaru Suzuki, in: Preview 7-4, 1955
filming
Nikutai no Mon was filmed a total of five times. In addition, a drama of the same name appeared on TV Asahi in 2008 .
- Nikutai no Mon (1948), directed by Makino Masahiro and Ozaki Masafusa
- Nikutai no Mon (1964), directed by Suzuki Seijun
- Jotai (1964), directed by Fujimoto Sanezumi
- Nikutai no Mon (1977), directed by Nishimura Shōgorō
- Nikutai no Mon (1988), directed by Gosha Hideo
Individual evidence
- ↑ 肉体 の 門 . In: 日本 大 百科全書 (ニ ッ ポ ニ カ) at kotobank.jp. Retrieved February 13, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ Ulrike Pickardt (2000): "Nikutai koso, subete da." Nikutai Bungaku and the discovery of the body in Japan in the early post-war period. In: Japanstudien Vol 11. Munich, pp. 238–239.
- ↑ Japanese Literature in Translation ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Japan Foundation
