The Hero’s Journey dalam Film Big Man Japan

Abstract

A hero is an individual ready to sacrifice for others, demonstrating positive traits such as charisma and wisdom. Christopher Vogler, in his book "The Writer's Journey," introduces the hero's journey in twelve stages, simplified into three acts. Similarly, in the Japanese film Big Man Japan, there is a heroic journey story that illustrates these three acts. The analysis is based on Christopher Vogler's "The Hero's Journey" theory with its twelve stages, which are then further broken down into several sub-sections to obtain more detailed data. This research aims to delve deeper into the heroic journey narrative using The Hero's Journey theory as an analytical tool to compare and find common ground in the heroic journey aspects of the film Big Man Japan. This study employs a descriptive qualitative method and a structuralism approach to describe the heroic journey's plot, and the analysis results are presented in the form of a description based on the phenomena found. From the data that emerged, it can be concluded that some stages are absent in the film Big Man Japan, specifically in Act 3, stages "The Resurrection" sub B and C, and stages "Return With The Elixir" sub A and B. Furthermore, 51 data points were obtained from the film Big Man Japan. In terms of plot, Big Man Japan uses a non-linear (forward and backward) narrative, and the motivation to become a hero in the film Big Man Japan is a form of responsibility, as the protagonist must continue the family name as Dai Nippon Jin.