Kwaidan
7.7
424 reviews
Horror/Fantasy
3h 3m
1965
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in...
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Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
- DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
- Release6 January 1965
- Genre
- Duration3h 3m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7.7424 reviews
- Productions
Ninjin Club
Cast
Michiyo Aratama
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara
(segment "The Black Hair")
Otome Tsukimiya
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Katsuo Nakamura
Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro Tamba
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Takashi Shimura
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kunie Tanaka
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Ichirō Nakatani
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Osamu Takizawa
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Haruko Sugimura
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Noboru Nakaya
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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