Kwaidan | 怪談
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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Drama
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 183 minutes
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Youth of the Beast
The Herd
Heartbeeps
The Water Magician
Chizuko's Younger Sister
Orgies of Edo
Kill!
Night Terrors
Philosophy of a Knife
Michiyo Aratama
Played First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni
Played Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe
Played Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Played Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Ranko Akagi
Played Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara
Played (segment "The Black Hair")
Kappei Matsumoto
Played (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda
Played (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
Played (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kenzō Tanaka
Played (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano
Played (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Played Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Keiko Kishi
Played Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Played Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Played Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku
Played Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura
Played (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
Played (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura
Played (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Katsuo Nakamura
Played Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro Tamba
Played Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Takashi Shimura
Played Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi
Played Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu
Played Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kunie Tanaka
Played Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo Kitamura
Played Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Ichirō Nakatani
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masanori Tomotake
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Played Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shin Tatsuoka
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Played Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yousuke Kondou
Played Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toru Uchida
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kirô Abe
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuri Satô
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Taiji Kodama
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Haruo Kaji
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michio Gina
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mitsuko Narita
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata
Played (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura
Played Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Osamu Takizawa
Played Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Haruko Sugimura
Played Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Noboru Nakaya
Played Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Played Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
Played Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
Played (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Played Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
Played (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
Played (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
Played (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
Played (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
Played (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Played Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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