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Strange But True Stories from Japan

Strange But True Stories from Japan

by JackSeward (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $9.16
Synopsis

This collection of bizarre and fascinating true tales from Japan includes the infamous story of the woman who strangled and emasculated her lover - the basis for the classic film In the Realm of the Senses. These and other amazing tales are sure to startle even the most jaded of readers.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing,US
Published: 20 Jan 2000
ISBN 10: 0804821305
ISBN 13: 9780804821308

Author Bio
Jack Seward has written forty-four books on Japan in both English and Japanese, including three Charles E. Tuttle titles--Outrageous Japanese (1991), Hari-Kiri (1968), and Cave of the Chinese Skeletons (1964)--and his best-known work, The Japanese (William Morrow, 1972). He studied Japanese at the US Army language school at the University of Michigan. He was sent to Japan during the Occupation as an army officer and later served as a CIA agent. He remained in Japan for twenty-five years as a businessman and writer. Seward is a regular contributor to Nichibei Journal and Tokyo Weekender, and he lives in Houston, TX.