YUKI-ONNA by Lafcadio Hearn from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things” In a village of Musashi Province, there lived two woodcutters: Mosaku and Minokichi. At the time of which I am speaking, Mosaku was an old man; and Minokichi, his apprentice, was a lad of eighteen years. Every day they went together to a… Continue reading Performance Reading of “YUKI-ONNA” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
Author: Akira Ito
Performance Reading of “JIU-ROKU-ZAKURA” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
JIU-ROKU-ZAKURA by Lafcadio Hearn from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things” Uso no yona,—Jiu-roku-zakuraSaki ni keri! In Wakégōri, a district of the province of Iyo, there is a very ancient and famous cherry-tree, called Jiu-roku-zakura, or “the Cherry-tree of the Sixteenth Day,” because it blooms every year upon the sixteenth day of the first… Continue reading Performance Reading of “JIU-ROKU-ZAKURA” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
Performance Reading of “A Dead Secret” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
A Dead Secret by Lafcadio Hearn from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things” A long time ago, in the province of Tamba, there lived a rich merchant named Inamuraya Gensuke. He had a daughter called O-Sono. As she was very clever and pretty, he thought it would be a pity to let her grow… Continue reading Performance Reading of “A Dead Secret” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
Performance Reading of “DIPLOMACY” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
Diplomacy by Lafcadio Hearn from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things” IT HAD BEEN ORDERED that the execution should take place in the garden of the yashiki. So the man was taken there, and made to kneel down in a wide sanded space crossed by a line of tobi-ishi, or stepping stones, such as… Continue reading Performance Reading of “DIPLOMACY” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
Performance Reading of “Mujina” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
MUJINA by Lafcadio Hearn from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things” On the Akasaka Road, in Tōkyō, there is a slope called Kii-no-kuni-zaka,—which means the Slope of the Province of Kii. I do not know why it is called the Slope of the Province of Kii. On one side of this slope you see… Continue reading Performance Reading of “Mujina” from “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things”
Isle of Dogs to Open Glasgow Film Festival 2018
Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion animation film, Isle of Dogs will have its U.K. premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on February 21. Glasgow Film Festival 2018 will be held from February 21 to March 4. The full festival program will be announced on January 24. Tickets will be on sale from January 8. https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival
Isle of Dogs will premiere at the Berlin film festival
Wes Andrson’s new stop-motion animation film, Isle of Dogs, in which I’m voice-acting, has been announced to premiere on February 15th, 2018 as the opening film for the 68th Berlinale. WES ANDERSON’S ISLE OF DOGS TO OPEN THE 68TH BERLINALE Isle of Dogs will release in US cinemas on March 23, 2018. Internationally, the film… Continue reading Isle of Dogs will premiere at the Berlin film festival
Isle of dogs, trailer and poster
Stop-motion animation film by Wes Anderson, Isle of dogs launched new trailer video and poster. 3.23.18 #IsleofDogs pic.twitter.com/KGAiw28Ect — Isle of Dogs (@isleofdogsmovie) 2017年9月21日