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Kwaidan
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."

Genres

HorrorFantasyDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

183 mins

Rating

7.718/10

Release Date

06 January 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Father (segment "The Black Hair")

Ranko Akagi

Ranko Akagi

Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

Fumie Kitahara

Fumie Kitahara

(segment "The Black Hair")

Kappei Matsumoto

Kappei Matsumoto

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Yoshiko Ieda

Yoshiko Ieda

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Otome Tsukimiya

Otome Tsukimiya

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kenzō Tanaka

Kenzō Tanaka

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Nakano

Kiyoshi Nakano

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Yūko Mochizuki

Yūko Mochizuki

Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Akiko Nomura

Akiko Nomura

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

(segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Yoichi Hayashi

Yoichi Hayashi

Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Eiko Muramatsu

Eiko Muramatsu

Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Masanori Tomotake

Masanori Tomotake

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue Hanazawa

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Shizue Natsukawa

Shizue Natsukawa

Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Shin Tatsuoka

Shin Tatsuoka

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Makiko Kitashiro

Makiko Kitashiro

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Masakazu Kuwayama

Masakazu Kuwayama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Akira Tani

Akira Tani

Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Yōsuke Kondō

Yōsuke Kondō

Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kinji Omino

Kinji Omino

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Ginzô Sekiguchi

Ginzô Sekiguchi

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Akio Miyabe

Akio Miyabe

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Gen'ya Nagai

Gen'ya Nagai

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Toru Uchida

Toru Uchida

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Hikaru Jinno

Hikaru Jinno

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Toshio Fukuhara

Toshio Fukuhara

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kirô Abe

Kirô Abe

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Toshiro Yagi

Toshiro Yagi

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Yuriko Abe

Yuriko Abe

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Yuri Satô

Yuri Satô

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Nobuo Aikawa

Nobuo Aikawa

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Taiji Kodama

Taiji Kodama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Nobuaki Maeda

Nobuaki Maeda

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Teruhiko Shibata

Teruhiko Shibata

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Haruo Kaji

Haruo Kaji

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Michio Gina

Michio Gina

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Seiji Tabe

Seiji Tabe

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Mitsuko Narita

Mitsuko Narita

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Noriko Mikura

Noriko Mikura

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Aiko Nagayama

Aiko Nagayama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Michiko Nakahata

Michiko Nakahata

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Noboru Nakaya

Noboru Nakaya

Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Yoshirō Aoki

Yoshirō Aoki

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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