Kwaidan
In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
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.
Crew and Cast
Masaki KobayashiDirector
Michiyo AratamaFirst Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro MikuniHusband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako WatanabeSecond Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō IshiyamaFather (segment "The Black Hair")Ranko AkagiMother (segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara(segment "The Black Hair")Kappei Matsumoto(segment "The Black Hair")
Yoshiko Ieda(segment "The Black Hair")
Otome Tsukimiya(segment "The Black Hair")Kenzō Tanaka(segment "The Black Hair")
Kiyoshi Nakano(segment "The Black Hair")
Tatsuya NakadaiMinokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Keiko KishiYuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko MochizukiMinokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin SugaiVillage Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko SengokuVillage Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Torahiko Hamada(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Jun Hamamura(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Katsuo NakamuraHoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro TambaWarrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Takashi ShimuraHead Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi HayashiAttendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko MuramatsuKenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kunie TanakaYasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo KitamuraTomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Ichirō Nakatani(segment "Hoichi the Earless")Masanori Tomotake(segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tokue Hanazawa(segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Shizue NatsukawaTokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Info
- Original title
- 怪談
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 6 January 1965
- Runtime
- 3h 3m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 7.7 / 10 (490 votes)
Production
- Director
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Writers
- Yōko Mizuki, Lafcadio Hearn
- Studios
- Ninjin Club, TOHO
- Countries
- Japan
Box Office
- Budget
- $885,000.0
- Revenue
- $625,000.0
- Profit
- $260,000.0 loss
- Return
- 0.7×
Languages
- Original
- Japanese
- Spoken
- Japanese