Koizumi Yakumo 
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Tales of Mystery

This book is adapted and created by Koizumi Yakumo with his indepth understanding of the essence of Japanese culture, based on stories widely circulated in Japan. It has extremely high literary value and aesthetic value. The book covers diversified topics. Some of them are historical stories, such as the story of piano player Fang Yi playing the pipa for the ghost died in defeat. Some are the folk stories, such as the story of the heavenly dog and the snow girl. Others are China’s literary classic works, such as Peony Lantern, Carp in a Dream, etc. These stories are dreamlike, poignant and touching, seemingly dark and mysterious, but in fact, they point to people’s hearts and are thought-provoking. In 1964, this book was adapted into a film, and won the jury award of Cannes International Film Festival and the nomination of Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. With far-reaching influence, many classic scenes in the book have been repeatedly quoted in later literary works, TV, movies, animation and other works.