Corpsey
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Watched a film called ''Tokyo Gore Police'' last night. Completely batshit mental, and heavily inspired by American gore-fests like ''Robocop'' and presumably the body horror of yer Cronenbergs et al. But there was something particularly Japanese about its craziness - reminding me of the weirdness of Japanese porn (Octopuses, weird tongue-mad kissing etc.). The OTT nature of it.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there are any interesting articles or books (or documentaries) explaining the origin of some of these weirder Japanese cultural elements? In fact, it wouldn't even have to be Japanese strictly, I suppose I'm interested in cultural expressions of perversity and violence generally. I'm presuming the Japanese thing comes from living in a very socially ordered and strict society with a history of extreme violence? I wondered, too, if some of the more extreme fleshy mutations on show in TGPolice could be - perhaps tenuously - linked to the melted mutated victims of Hiroshima/Nagasaki for example.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there are any interesting articles or books (or documentaries) explaining the origin of some of these weirder Japanese cultural elements? In fact, it wouldn't even have to be Japanese strictly, I suppose I'm interested in cultural expressions of perversity and violence generally. I'm presuming the Japanese thing comes from living in a very socially ordered and strict society with a history of extreme violence? I wondered, too, if some of the more extreme fleshy mutations on show in TGPolice could be - perhaps tenuously - linked to the melted mutated victims of Hiroshima/Nagasaki for example.