Reflections: A Japanese Folk Tale

Dramatizes the story of a young Japanese man who, grieving for his dead father, thinks he sees his father in a looking glass, not understanding that it is his own reflection. Tells how his wife becomes upset when she sees her reflection in the looking glass and thinks her husband is keeping another woman in their house. Follows the couple as they go to a sorceress who tells them to forget their troubles and love and respect each other., In a tale designed to probe the many faces of perception, a young man buys a box with a mirror in the bottom and sees in it the face of his dead father. His wife discerns not her father-in-law, but a beautiful rival for her husband's love. Solicited for the truth as to what lies in the box, a holy woman looks in, perceives another holy woman and decides the box is meant for her.
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