Kwaidan/Kaidan

[Jim Harper]

Hello!

I'm sure somebody on here could help me with this- I'm
trying to unravel the origins of the title 'Kwaidan'
for Kobayashi's 1964 film. Obviously the Japanese word
should be 'kaidan', but does anyone know for certain
when the inaccurate title came into use. A footnote in
the Steven Jay Schneider-edited Fear Without Frontiers
suggests that it was western distributor of Kwaidan,
but I have found a 1927 essay- written by H.P.
Lovecraft of all people, who seems to have enjoyed
Lafcadio Hearn's work- that uses the title 'Kwaidan'.
Did this misconception arise with the book's first
publication?

Thanks for any help that can be provided here!

Jim Harper.

http://www.flipsidemovies.com
http://jimharper.blogspot.com


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