"Fujiwara displays a long and narrow manila envelope which, he says, contains a prediction. He shuffles a deck and a spectator selects a card - the Six of Hearts. Fujiwara turns over the envelope to reveal that it has a cellophane window, through which are some visible indecipherable black lines. The prediction is removed from the envelope and it is seen to consist of several connected pieces of clear plastic with apparently random black lines on various spots, along with a few Heart pips. He explains that it is a lie detector and will determine truthful answers to some questions he is about to ask. Fujiwara says, "Is the card you selected a Heart?" The spectator says "Yes." The prediction is instantly folded and the random black lines come together to form the word TRUE. There are also four Heart pips, and they are now in the position to indicate that a Four of Hearts was chosen. Fujiwara says, "Did you select the Four of Hearts?" "No," replies the spectator. Fujiwara takes the selected card and holds it up beside the prediction to confirm that two Heart pips are missing. The prediction is squeezed and the black lines rearrange themselves: the word TRUE disappears and the numeral 6 appears in its place. "You chose the Six of Hearts," Fujiwara confirms. He uses the Six of Hearts, which he is still holding beside the prediction, to point out each of the four Heart pips. Instantaneously the plastic flexes and the word TRUE reappears, now surrounded by six Heart pips in the proper position to indicate the Six of Hearts. (Five Times Five Japan, Kaufman, 79)

This is another fine item which shows the brilliance of Japanese magic. I overlooked this effect many times, but I finally sat down yesterday and constructed the necessary props for this. And I'm glad that I did. This is certainly one of the best effects from the book and in my opinion, it is also one of the most unique versions of the classic Lie Detector effect ever invented.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtyTDQIaFrU

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msc455magic

Thanks,

Wonderful to find these items in performance.

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Really nice.

Very nice.

Very nice indeed! I like it!

It's another great video msc455magic, maybe you should make a Five times Five DVD and I'm sure there will be a lot of people would purchase it.

Goku

Very nice, gonna have to have a better read if that effect

Thanks for the comments everybody! There are still numerous items from Five Times Five Japan that are not recorded. The reason to that is because I don't have the necessary props for those particular effects.

For the people who have the book (and give it the same enthusiasm as I do) and have the necessary props to some of those effects, please feel free to demo them.

All of the effects in the book are better than they sound, and the only way for us to realize that is to watch somebody's performance of them.

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msc455magic

Thanks! Very good idea!

Regards,

Mesquita

It looks cool but unfortunately it screams force. You will probably get asked if you could have done it with a different card. Still, it looks good when you perform it.

The Magic of Japan has been one of my favorite books since it first came out. I bought it because of Ambitious Clip and loved every trick in the book. That was over 10 years ago. My middle finger STILL hurts from trying to stretch it so I could do the 360 degree fan...

That was a great trick and I am glad Hsu choose that book to learn all the effects from. Glad I am not the only one..

Shaun