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[email protected] Hoods and Yakuza: the Shared Myth of the American and Japanese Gangster Film 1 Hoods and Yakuza The Shared Myth of the American and Japanese Gangster Film by Simon Pate Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Languages, Linguistics and Film Queen Mary University of London March 2016 Hoods and Yakuza: the Shared Myth of the American and Japanese Gangster Film 2 Statement of Originality I, Simon Pate, confirm that the research included within this thesis is my own work or that where it has been carried out in collaboration with, or supported by others, that this is duly acknowledged below and my contribution indicated. Previously published material is also acknowledged below. I attest that I have exercised reasonable care to ensure that the work is original, and does not to the best of my knowledge break any UK law, infringe any third party’s copyright or other Intellectual Property Right, or contain any confidential material.