Kwaidan

Kwaidan
1965HorrorFantasyDrama183 mins
★★★★★

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 Y... read more

  • Masaki Kobayashi

    Director

  • Yoko Mizuki

    Screenplay

  • Lafcadio Hearn

    Novel

  • Hisashi Sagara

    Editor

  • Michiyo Aratama

    First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

  • Misako Watanabe

    Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

  • Rentaro Mikuni

    Husband (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)

  • Yousuke Kondou

    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)

    • 2.0

    Runtime

    183 minutes

    Released

    1965-01-06

    Languages

    日本語

    Countries

    Japan

    Studios

    Ninjin Club

    Sound

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    39 days ago

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