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Kwaidan (1965)

ALL 01/06/1965 (ja) Horror, Fantasy, Drama 183 Min
  • Release
    01/06/1965
  • Production
    Ninjin Club
  • Rotten tomato
    77.01%
  • Original title
    怪談
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL".

Overview

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.

  1. Masaki Kobayashi

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Michiyo Aratama

    First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

  2. Rentaro Mikuni

    Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

  3. Misako Watanabe

    Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

  4. Kenjirō Ishiyama

    Father (segment "The Black Hair")

  5. Ranko Akagi

    Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

  6. Fumie Kitahara

    (segment "The Black Hair")

  7. Kappei Matsumoto

    (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

  8. Yoshiko Ieda

    (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

  9. Otome Tsukimiya

    (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

  10. Kenzō Tanaka

    (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

  11. Kiyoshi Nakano

    (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

  12. Tatsuya Nakadai

    Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

  13. Keiko Kishi

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

  14. Yūko Mochizuki

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

  15. Kin Sugai

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

  16. Noriko Sengoku

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

  17. Akiko Nomura

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

  18. Torahiko Hamada

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

  19. Jun Hamamura

    (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

  20. Katsuo Nakamura

    Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  21. Tetsuro Tamba

    Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  22. Takashi Shimura

    Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  23. Yoichi Hayashi

    Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  24. Eiko Muramatsu

    Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  25. Kunie Tanaka

    Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  26. Kazuo Kitamura

    Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  27. Ichirō Nakatani

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  28. Masanori Tomotake

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  29. Tokue Hanazawa

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  30. Shizue Natsukawa

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

  31. Shin Tatsuoka

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  32. Makiko Kitashiro

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  33. Masakazu Kuwayama

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  34. Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  35. Akira Tani

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

  36. Yousuke Kondou

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

  37. Kiyoshi Yamamoto

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  38. Kinji Omino

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  39. Atsuo Nakamura

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  40. Ginzô Sekiguchi

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  41. Akio Miyabe

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  42. Gen'ya Nagai

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  43. Toru Uchida

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  44. Hikaru Jinno

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  45. Toshio Fukuhara

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  46. Kirô Abe

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  47. Toshiro Yagi

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  48. Yuriko Abe

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  49. Yuri Satô

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

  50. Kyōichi Satō

    (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 75 , Crews : 37

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Kwaidan (1965) 183 Min

ALL 01/06/1965 (ja)
Horror, Fantasy, Drama
  • Release 01/06/1965
  • Production
    Ninjin Club
  • Original title 怪談
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Masaki Kobayashi

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Hisashi Sagara

    Editor

  4. Shigeru Wakatsuki

    Producer



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