A blind musician with amazing talent is called upon to perform for the
dead. Faceless creatures haunt an unwary traveler. A beautiful woman --
the personification of winter at its cruelest -- ruthlessly kills
unsuspecting mortals. These and 17 other chilling supernatural tales --
based on legends, myths, and beliefs of ancient Japan -- represent the
very best of Lafcadio Hearn's literary style. They are also a
culmination of his lifelong interest in the endlessly fascinating
customs and tales of the country where he spent the last fourteen years
of his life, translating into English the atmospheric stories he so
avidly collected.
Teeming with undead samurais, man-eating goblins, and other terrifying
demons, these 20 classic ghost stories inspired the Oscar(R)-nominated
1964 film of the same name.