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The Way Wakamatsu Chose His Own Fate: Political Mortality and Radical Dramaturgy

Philip Brophy
December 2012
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A 17 year old Japanese student is in his prison cell, preparing to hang himself. It’s 1960. A high pitched whine signals the slow emergence of the shōmouth organ as it brings to life the hive-like trailing of t...

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