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Japanese Schoolgirl Gangs and Kamikaze Bikers: How an Assassin’s Sword Kicked off a Criminal CountercultureDraft Episode for Dec 13, 2022

2022/12/13
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Sean Williams: 本期节目探讨了1960年浅沼稻次郎遇刺事件对日本社会的影响，特别是对日本60年代及以后出现的各种帮派文化的影响。节目中详细介绍了sukeban（女学生帮派）和暴走族（kamikaze biker gangs）的起源、发展和文化特征，以及它们与雅库扎的关系。浅沼稻次郎遇刺事件引发了日本社会的巨大动荡，也促进了反雅库扎和女权运动的兴起，而sukeban和暴走族正是这些社会运动的产物。节目还探讨了这些帮派文化的流行文化影响，以及它们在日本社会中的演变和消亡。 Danny Gold: Danny Gold在本期节目中主要扮演了补充信息和评论的角色，对Sean Williams提出的观点和信息进行回应和补充。他参与讨论了sukeban和暴走族的文化特征，以及这些帮派与日本社会政治环境的关系。他还就一些相关话题，例如美国文化对日本的影响，以及日本社会对女性角色的限制等，发表了自己的看法。

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The assassination of Inajiro Asanuma by a fascist killer leads to unexpected consequences, including the rise of unique gangs and countercultural movements in Japan.

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When a fascist killer plunged his sword into Japan’s socialist leader on live TV, few could have predicted its consequences. But gangs of sailor-suited ‘girl bosses’ and pompadour-wearing, ex-kamikaze fighting bikers probably weren’t top of the list.

Then again who’d expect Japanese youth, rallying against Yakuza mobsters and corrupt politicians, to birth individuals less mad than Bosos who scream ‘Doki-Doki’ at their foes, and a boss called K-Ko and her weaponized bra?

(It’ll make sense in the show we promise)

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