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1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the writings of the folklorist Lafcadio Hearn
Consists of four stories of the supernatural based on Japanese folk material. In The black hair, a poor young samurai leaves his first wife to marry a rich woman. When he is unhappy in his second marriage, he returns to his first wife, who at first appears unchanged from when he last saw her. In The woman of the snow, a woodcutter is spared by a mysterious ghost-like woman in the snow, but must promise never to tell anyone what he has seen. In Hoichi, the earless, a blind musician-monk named Hoichi is commanded by a gathering of ghosts to sing the saga of their ancient deeds. The head monk paints Hoichi's body with prayer verses to protect him, but unfortunately overlooks Hoichi's ears. In In a cup of tea, a writer wonders what would happen to a person who drinks another's soul and finds out
DVD release of the 1965 motion picture
Includes original theatrical trailer
Original story, Yakumo Koizumi (Lafcadio Hearn) ; director of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Tōru Takemitsu
Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Rentarō Mikuni, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi, Katsuo Nakamura, Tetsurō Tanba, Kanʼemon Nakamura, Osamu Takizawa, Haruko Sugimura
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DVD; Dolby digital mono.; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio)
In Japanese with optional English subtitles