Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...

JAPANESE DIRECTOR Masaki Kobayashi selected four stories from books by Lafcadio Hearn for “Kwaidan,” a film that brings the Orient to Halloween. The Japanese word “kwaidan” translates into “strange,” ...

Writer and musician David Toop celebrates Toru Takemitsu's soundtrack for Masaki Kobayashi's 1964 chiller Kwaidan, based on Lefcadio Hearn's retelling of Japanese ghost film to... Show more Writer and ...

A twisted path led to the creation of Kwaidan, an unforgettable collection of four ghost stories from director Masaki Kobayashi. A pacifist who saw the worst of WWII from the front, Kobayashi had ...

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