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The phenomenon of non-maritalization of modern Japanese women seen through the movie - Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship -

  • Journal of Japanese Culture
  • 2018, (79), pp.33-52
  • DOI : 10.21481/jbunka..79.201811.33
  • Publisher : The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : October 14, 2018
  • Accepted : November 9, 2018
  • Published : November 30, 2018

LEE YOON JU 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines situations and social factors regarding non-married women from the analysis of a Japanese movie. Based on a woman’s comic book, the movie Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship sends a strong message, drawing on a complex issue of present-day Japanese society, especially in the lives and relationships of the petit bourgeoisie. The declining populations and the increase of one-person households in modern Japan clearly show that an age of non-marriage has arrived with the a perception that marriage is a burden and a risk. Moreover, Japan’s conservative family values, which only acknowledges births stemming from legal marital relationships serves as impulses that triggers population decline. Unstable employment, the conservative tendency of family structure, and the dilemma between work and home, which have long been a part of Japanese society, consist of the a mechanism that increases the populations including “the ratio of a lifetime without marriage.” The movie addresses the structural problems of Japanese society. It mentions the problem of family care and highlights the manner in which non-married persons become responsible for elderly care. In addition, it calls into question the non-maritalization of women as a fundamental reason for the low birth rate, when considering the causes of this problems. The film conveys the message that a time has come when a new paradigm should be constructed concerning family structure, indirectly mentioning the current structural vicious circle.

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