I believed that Mizoguchi’s film and Akinari’s “Bewitched” are enchanting to us today because of their storyline. Both literatures include some sort of supernatural detail, where the film mainly builds its context based of the story’s main idea. At first, I thought the film was relating to the concept of “the American Dream” because Tobei’s strong desire to be a samurai.  However, I realized that, like “Bewitched,” the film would include the deception of a “beautiful, refined looking woman,” that turn out to be the devil, on men. In addition, the concept of the Lady Watusa, Manago and Maroya being the devil or serpent was much unexpected and strange, which adds to the excitement of escaping from reality (Supernatural).

The relevance of these stories is what makes the reality more “real”. Although the Mizoguchi’s film and Akinari’s “Bewitched” used supernatural details to make it enchanting, there were important idea highlighted. For example, do not be deceive by the physical appearance of a person, but get to know their inner being, such as their personality. Another important lesson highlighted is that be aware that not everything that glitters is gold.