Word: nyctalopia
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...been lifted straight from a nihonga textbook-as the holder of a Ph.D. in Japanese painting from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, it is a skill she has mastered completely-she breaks all the rules of subject matter in Gothic works like Pureness or 2005's Nyctalopia, which features another of her ghostly women, caught in the indecorous task of garroting a live chicken. But what truly sets Matsui apart is her frank acknowledgement of the dark personal motivations that drive her brush, often springing from the frustrations of being a woman in a Japanese art world...
Black Limelight (by Gordon Sherry; Busbar & Tuerk, producers). The villain of Black Limelight suffers from "nyctalopia." This medical term actually means an eyesight defect resulting in poor vision at night, but for the purposes of Author Gordon Sherry (a pseudonym) it refers to eyes which can see well in the dark but must be protected by thick glasses from the light of day. The monster's homicidal mania leaps up at the time of the full moon. Working in the dark, he takes off his glasses, puts on gloves, chokes the victim to death, cuts her up with artistic...
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