Three Heroes: Haseyama Toshihiko’s Student Play in Wartime Japan

A battlefield report about three Japanese soldiers who deliberately blew themselves to pieces during the 1932 Shanghai War captured the imagination of the Japanese people. The newspaper headlines and subsequent craze inspired playwrights across the country to offer their own renditions of the Three...

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Published in:Asian theatre journal 2018-09, Vol.35 (2), p.273-299
Main Authors: Kramer, Hanae Kurihara, Kramer, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actors
Armed forces
Asian culture
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924)
Children & youth
Childrens picture books
Criticism and interpretation
Dramatists
Haseyama, Toshihiko
Japanese history, 1868-1945
Military aircraft
Performing arts
Playwrights
Students
Suicide bombings
Theater
TRANSLATION
War
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Summary:A battlefield report about three Japanese soldiers who deliberately blew themselves to pieces during the 1932 Shanghai War captured the imagination of the Japanese people. The newspaper headlines and subsequent craze inspired playwrights across the country to offer their own renditions of the Three Human Bombs narrative. This article is about the Three Human Bombs phenomenon, told from the perspective of the performing arts and detailed through an introduction and translation of the 1935 juvenile play Three Heroes by Haseyama Toshihiko.
ISSN:0742-5457
1527-2109
1527-2109
DOI:10.1353/atj.2018.0033