Abstract
Examines examples of forbidden love, romantic passion, love suicides, and other versions of the leibestod motif in Japanese films, and compares them to medieval European stories such as that of Tristan and Iseult.
Examines examples of forbidden love, romantic passion, love suicides, and other versions of the leibestod motif in Japanese films, and compares them to medieval European stories such as that of Tristan and Iseult.