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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
- The making of GM
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.
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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