**YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS FILM ON A BIG SCREEN- Spirits in the drinking water, stolen ears, crabs with human faces: such are the endless wonders of *Kwaidan*** *(1964).* Masaki Kobayashi helmed this **supernatural anthology film** based on *Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things*, a 1904 collection of **Japanese folktales** from Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-Irish writer and renowned proponent of Japanese culture in the West. At the time of its release *Kwaidan* was the most expensive Japanese film ever made, and it seems to have been worth every penny. Extraordinary sets built inside an empty airplane hangar were intertwined with transcendently beautiful hand-painted backdrops, shimmering optical effects, and an expressionistic score composed by the great Tōru Takemitsu – in keeping with the cultural ping-pong between Japan and author Hearn, **Takemitsu was inspired by American avant-garde composer John Cage**.

THE TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YadApPG8W7Q

YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKET HERE: https://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/kwaidan

I’ll see you in the lounge at 6:30. Dinner, discussion afterwards!

Armando

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