Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-17

Japanese Movie Actor Diseourses OF
Hypnotlsr, Eternity, Suicide,
War and the Symbolism,
Of His Art
by SARAH u. LOVVRIE

iG Rfi ihn tu kS, r1fA t&,. nnu
and nm officer in the .Janomcsc Navy.
| Tho convors,t;on .,n.tpnI a. s.on,s n mo
| with the difference betwesn rho Eastern and
| rho Western concc,t ior of octino Je nlays
! I'm tho very tromatir ,.ersion I'm which he is
| nrincipol with .cnrcc,v , not;np ri tho foce
or BODY tbnt can be npn,vzcd bv the naked
evcO md vn, bo naros he asaots Jio claims
that tho camera notes and masses on more
sub,Ic and lass norco,ti ihio ,novements Of
muscles tbon tb. 'unossistod nyo hut that
whnt be feels md intcnIs nm audience TO
feel ia nor ronvowod hv tho ,,.uoi bnckneved
signs nnd svmbci. tn rbich Tho evc Ind
grown uscd m In tb. movies hut nv the
changes in exnrcssion that ore too eyanescent
to be described or even consciousiy noted,
and tbnt nrc fo,t bv botb actor and audi.
rncc. One Of tbe croun mnrmurcd some.
thing about hynnotism and tbe Americans
nrcsent were mnIe to fool tbat n Western.
cr's idcn of hynnot;sm was Infants prattle.
Hypnotism. of course but of a subiimated
quality only understood and practiced in the
East.
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HAlAkAWA illustrated the Eastern
L type by what we Bible Christians are
wont to wonder at us the miracle OF the
Fall Of the Walls of Jericho in the early
history. of the 1sraelites. when they de-
stroyed the foundations of nm enemy city
by walking round II for three days TO the
sound of trumpcts. Tho Eastern actor in
the Orient that is.-proccsscs were invoked
tor that exploit. The marching army TASTED.
mus concentrating all their spiritual force
on one idea they used music. probably Ger.
tam few prolonged ana insistent notes. ana
they marched in rhythm. thus making
speclhc ana dynamic assault on the staDiiity
have endrred tbc rbvtbm Themselves nr tho
prolonged reiteration of the music unless
they had been fortified spiritually by their
fast and their religions concentration. He
gave as an example in modern times a fact
that he vouched for ms happeninC nt the time
Of the Russo -Japoncsc War during n naval
battle. All tho assembled fleet of the
japanese were given simultaneous orders TO
concentrate the minds of officers and of
men for n certain purpose, with tho result
that the Russians we're made 10 SEQ n fleet
that did not exist and waste their fire and
maneuvors in DESTROYING n shin ihat had
never sailed on any sen.
. The American pnrt of thc rroun took this
story politely bur with nm inward rcscrva-
ton which IIayakawa was very quick to
recognize.
IIo rema rkcd thar TO cxncct spiritual con.
ccntration of common sailors by Government
orders would bc unbelievable TO us because
we had no training leading nm to such nm
end He looked about him for smile and
apparently found il in his sword. which he
explained had boon made bv n man who.
rs n matter of course TASTED and ,wet alone
and made religions offerings at thc tombs
Of his ancestors before hc hogan his tnsk
The weapon was consccratcd from its first
crude beginnings as the saver of life and
empire : for n stranger TO even breathe on
If was to offer its owner nm insult
TT SEEMED TO b" tn" contention of the
/ japanese that we Americans prepared
ourselves for the affairs Of life mentally and
even physically. but not in n specific wny
by what he would call concentration of the
spirit on the object to be attained, and not
ana hXed med'tatioh on inc act 10 DC per-
''r'',u It m.s curious Indictment from, y Joro-
h"Sy; 10 WnGsr c"u"t,s W. ",r ron>'a",s r .,,s
S'nuIls nIsSio,ii i.i tn ~ ,e T,M ~; T." .n
thinss U, Wv, spiLi. ""t '''.'' % .' .ns u'"er,
n'I" 'l'iia' iI'', 'n"I NV '. .a' n'.i =
a., n. as ,ha I,nano .Lnn,ini,,,
a. me ROOT ol 'ne '"Pnn'He SheP'"iSln.
we ar" 'oiG that III" 'hpan'Sc commit
nara XVI anu ihuusr III Su'lre utmost as
ihihS " ''"'f' n''''"" y. ,ntir MA
tSrlaNsh. In'S 'ai''"'H' "c'o' inSiS'eE. 10 10
thc contrary mat II" '"P'n'S' WINS atrh'"
OF G'a'n p'''"H' u, ''s"'"e" - nS ""tI
br'hgc l" IN rl'rn''s l'o,', M"l'n nc hau
conn" ana 10 Whi'' Nv '""'u go "N e'SiF as
one "h''H on' s""l' W s.aI" ~" anolnr'
Without 50 hu'h as n"'''r VI MS gar
Again II Was quite pain mat u" had not
carried convirti0h TO MS american com =
ranions IN thc discussion. Io them suicide
was Shirking NE. the only business on hand.
ana a. Snrh was danaeronS ana lhde'd
fatal bIunder. And seeing TINS iihyakawa
blnndly returned 70 MS hrst theme. the
movies. y" hnd i"lt, ne sald. no h"sita :
ton in exchanging the 'heatr" for tho mov"
because TO his mind there was much
greater scope in action without words, and
h" believed that tn" movie OF tn" future
would go more and more into symbolizinG
thoughts by action which would leave words
| far behind as useless.
TIIOI'GIIT most of the Americans agreed
Win him there. One man who has
orL.J mich win Grifitb and has lotaly
| foT, him I rothrr thought with n yiew r.
tI,rn l1I ', Ii. way toword - more artistic SWIM.
| h'Ii,9 ,hor ,Io, verv f,mous nroducor ho
| n not 'mught ,n n,,oin by his spectacnlar an.
;n,oa,s T." q rathcr crude tvpe of lmnginnti,mr