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TitleKaidan (1964)
Alternative/Original Title1. Ghost Story 2. Hoichi the Earless 3. Kwaidan 4. Weird Tales
DisabilityBlind
CountryJapan
Length125
GenreFantasy
Rating?
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
CastKatuso Nakamura Takashi Shimura
NotesThe film consists of 4 distinct stories. The one which concerns us is Hoichi the Earless. Hoichi is blind and lives in a monastery. He also has a peerless voice and is summoned to sing an epic ballad of a battle to the ghosts who died in that battle. His fellow monks fear he will be in danger and they paint all over his body symbols of a holy mantra so the ghosts will not see him. But they miss his ears and these are ripped off.

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