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Writer's Block: Ghost Stories
Oct. 29th, 2008 02:47 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]The Kabuki play: "Toukaido Yotsuya Kaidan" has to be my favorite ghost story hands down, considering that I don't like ghost stories that much. And I would love to see it performed one day. *A*
Oiwa, the main character of this story, is what inspired so many Japanese horror films like "Ringu" and "Ju-on". And the curse of Oiwa is said to still be continuing 180 years after it was written by Tsurya Nanboku IV, causing many accidents and deaths to actors and production crew alike. Many aspects of her are based on mutlitple ghost stories and actual people, she is still shrouded in mystery.
And yes, I downloaded the anime version from the series "Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror" which also created another favorite character of mine, the Medicine Seller (aka Kusuri-uri) from the story "Bakeneko" and became a spin off series known as "Mononoke".
Oiwa, the main character of this story, is what inspired so many Japanese horror films like "Ringu" and "Ju-on". And the curse of Oiwa is said to still be continuing 180 years after it was written by Tsurya Nanboku IV, causing many accidents and deaths to actors and production crew alike. Many aspects of her are based on mutlitple ghost stories and actual people, she is still shrouded in mystery.
And yes, I downloaded the anime version from the series "Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror" which also created another favorite character of mine, the Medicine Seller (aka Kusuri-uri) from the story "Bakeneko" and became a spin off series known as "Mononoke".
