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CURIOSITIES
Here you'll find some extra
information like the different versions of Glass Mask around the world,
some curiosities about the making of Glass Mask, etc
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MAKING OF GLASS MASK
Info taken from
here
and translated into English by Nikkou
In 1976 Hana to Yume started publishing Garasu no Kamen, one of the
most famous manga published in Japan. Lots of Japanese girls were
strongly influenced by this manga, and several actresses started their
career after reading it.
Suzue Miuchi thought about working in this manga for a year. She
didn't know much about theater. At first her idea was making Maya a calm,
reserved and ordinary girl wit a special talent for arts. Playing koto
would be her talent but after talking to her editor she changed her mind
since it was difficult to depict music in a manga. Then she changed her
talent to acting and began to get interested in theater.
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Maya's model was according to Miuchi the actress
Shinobu Otake but she hadn't debuted yet when Glass Mask was first
published. But the truth is Maya's ways are similar to Otake's.
She even stated she was fascinated by Maya's role and wanted to
play it some day. She's a really good actress and recently won the
Best Actress award at the Moscow International Film Festival |
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The real model was in fact a man, Sankichi Sakata. He was a highly-gifted
sho-gi (Japanese chess) player given the title of Meijin-i (grand
champion) and Osho-i (king) by the Japan Shogi Association in 1955.
Because he was born into a poor family in Sakai and was so obsessed
with shogi during his school years, he never even learnt to write his
own name. He made up his mind to become a shogi player when he lost a
game to Sekine Kinjiro in Osaka in 1893. He became an eighth-grade
shogi player in 1919. His name became widely known after he played
many skillful games.
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