Curious About Name


Is the character called Lemon the actual translation from Japanese? Is that used as a name in Japan?
This movie reminds me of Kaidan which came out 5 years later, with 4 different ghost stories. This could have been the fifth story in that movie.

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It is "Iemon," rather than "Lemon," and according to Wikipedia, it's an ancient Japanese given-name for men.

To hear it pronounced (in computer-generated speech), go to the following link and click on the the speaker icon in the lower-right of the entry box:
https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E4%BC%8A%E5%8F%B3%E8%A1%9B%E9%96% 80

Suntory uses the same name for one of their bottled green tea products.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnigK5G-tTo

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I wondered about that too. The name seemed a little odd for a film like this.

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