The Plectrum of Death

August 3rd, 2007

So, I was reading this review of a new Japanese ghost movie called Kaidan and it mentioned that one of the characters was killed with a shamisen plectrum. I’d never heard of a death by pick so I tracked down the trailer, where you do get a glimpse of the plectrum in question. As you can see from the image on the left a shamisen plectrum is a substantial piece of hardware and, at least in a ghost movie, you can sort of imagine it being used to kill someone. Still, I have to say I was hoping to find that ninjas were chucking Fender 351s around like shurikens, but no such luck.-MJS

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