asian cinema: hoichi the earless

looks like the pain of getting up early after a bar night to attend a class has (for once) paid off.

we watched hoichi the earless, one of the shortfilms that make up the japanese movie kaidan. an excellent short film and i was stunned to find out that it was actually done way back in 1964! what kobayashi does with the image as well as the audio is just stunning.

i definitely recommend this to anyone with a taste for quality asian cinema.

imdb entry for masaki kobayashi - kaidan (1964)