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Walter Meyer wrote:
>Well in the Japanese film, *Kwaidan*, in which the music is by the late
>Toru Takemitsu, one of the ghost tales is of "Earless Hoichi", a blind
>singer threatened by evil spirits, against which he is protected by holy
>texts written all over his body by the monks, so as to render him invisible
>to his pursuers. Unfortunately, they forgot to write on his ears, which
>the spirits seize and yank off. I always wondered whether those ears
>weren't actually a "sanitized" substitute for another part of the singer's
>anatomy.
Interesting. I've seen Kwaidan twice, once when it came out--a LONG time
ago. That must have been early in Takemitsu's career. Do you happen to
know when it was released? Also, do you know who directed it?
Jim
[Kaidan, directed by Masaki Kobayashi, was released in 1964. -Dave]
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