Kwaidan (1965)
Kwaidan (1965)
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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')
Ranko Akagi
Mother (segment 'The Black Hair')
Fumie Kitahara
(segment 'The Black Hair')
Kappei Matsumoto
(segment 'The Black Hair') (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda
(segment 'The Black Hair') (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
(segment 'The Black Hair') (uncredited)
Kenzō Tanaka
(segment 'The Black Hair') (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano
(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)
Masanori Tomotake
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Tokiko (segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Shin Tatsuoka
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Huntsman #2 (segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō
Benkei (segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Toru Uchida
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Kirô Abe
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Yuri Satô
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Taiji Kodama
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Haruo Kaji
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Michio Gina
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Mitsuko Narita
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
(segment 'Hoichi the Earless') (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata
(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')
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Producer
Yoshio Miyajima
Cinematography
Shigemasa Toda
Art Direction
Yoko Mizuki
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer / Sound Designer
Hisashi Sagara
Editor
Lafcadio Hearn
Novel
Toshiyuki Isobe
Assistant Camera
Shigeru Takagi
Makeup Artist
Kazuo Kuwahara
Production Supervisor
Michiyoshi Takashima
Executive In Charge Of Production
Yôichi Ukita
Production Supervisor
Kuniharu Akiyama
Sound Designer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound
Akira Suzuki
Sound Designer
Tadanosuke Sumida
Researcher
Ayako Sakurai
Hairstylist
Masahiro Katō
Costume Design
Naotake Satsumoto
Assistant Art Director
Kazutoshi Yagihashi
Sound Recordist
Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Still Photographer
Eiko Yoshida
Continuity
Akira Aomatsu
Gaffer
Kiyoharu Matsuno
Set Designer
Masaharu Shioda
Sound Recordist
Shôjirô Kamohara
Second Assistant Camera
Junichirô Ôsaka
Assistant Editor
Yoshio Ueno
Costume Consultant
Shigeyuki Sekine
Colorist
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Kiyoshi Awazu
Title Designer
Gô Yoshida
First Assistant Director
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Sound Designer
Tatsuo Hotta
Martial Arts Choreographer
Kinji Tsuruda
Musician
Media.
Details.
Release Date
January 6, 1965
Original Name
怪談
Status
Released
Running Time
3h 3m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
samurai
tea
promise
snow
spirit
ghost
horror anthology
blind people
snow storm
vengeful ghost
ghost story
japanese folklore
naval battle
story teller
sea battle
ghost in the woods
criterion
Wiki.
Kwaidan (Japanese: 怪談, Hepburn: Kaidan, lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales, mainly Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), for which it is named. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is an archaic transliteration of the term kaidan, meaning "ghost story". Receiving critical acclaim, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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