About the film
based on novel or book samurai tea promise anthology snow spirit ghost folk horror horror anthology
Kwaidan
Release Date: December 29, 1964
| Year | : | 1964 |
| Slogan | : | «Bizarre, unearthly, terrifying - a nation's legend, an author's imagination, a director's creation manifest in the superlative - Kwaidan» |
| Genres | : | Fantasy, Horror, Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Bungei, Toho, Ninjin Club, Toyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha |
| Director | : | Masaki Kobayashi |
| Producers | : | Shigeru Wakatsuki, Kazuo Kuwahara, Michiyoshi Takashima, Yôichi Ukita, Tadanosuke Sumida |
| Writers | : | Yoko Mizuki, Lafcadio Hearn |
| RunTime | : | 183 mins. |
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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Trailer: KWAIDAN (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer
Featurette: Ernest Dickerson on KWAIDAN
Main Actors
Michiyo Aratama
Character : First wife (segment "Kurokami")
Misako Watanabe
Character : Second Wife (segment "Kurokami")
Rentaro Mikuni
Character : Husband (segment "Kurokami")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Character : Father (segment "Kurokami")
Ranko Akagi
Character : Mother (segment "Kurokami")
Fumie Kitahara
Character : (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
Kappei Matsumoto
Character : (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda
Character : (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
Character : (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
Kenzô Tanaka
Character : (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano
Character : (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Character : Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna")
Keiko Kishi
Character : Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna")
Yūko Mochizuki
Character : Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
Kin Sugai
Character : Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
Noriko Sengoku
Character : Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
Akiko Nomura
Character : (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
Character : (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura
Character : (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
Katsuo Nakamura
Character : Hoichi (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Tetsurō Tamba
Character : Warrior (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Takashi Shimura
Character : Head priest (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Yoichi Hayashi
Character : Attendant (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Eiko Muramatsu
Character : Kenreiinmon (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Kunie Tanaka
Character : Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Kazuo Kitamura
Character : Taira no Tomomori (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Ichirô Nakatani
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Masanori Tomotake
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Character : Taira no Tokiko (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Shin Tatsuoka
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Character : Huntsman #2 (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Yôsuke Kondô
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Toru Uchida
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Kirô Abe
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (as Toshirô Yagi) (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Yuri Satô
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Kyôichi Satô
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Taiji Kodama
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Haruo Kaji
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Michio Gina
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited) (uncredited)
Mitsuko Narita
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata
Character : (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura
Character : Kannai - a Guard (segment "Chawan no naka")
Osamu Takizawa
Character : Author / Narrator (segment "Chawan no naka")
Haruko Sugimura
Character : Madame (segment "Chawan no naka")
Noboru Nakaya
Character : Shikibu Heinai (segment "Chawan no naka")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Character : Old man (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Kei Satō
Character : Ghost samurai (segment "Chawan no naka")
Shigeru Kôyama
Character : (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Character : Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
Character : (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
Character : (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Yoshirô Aoki
Character : (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
Character : (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
Character : (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Ganjirô Nakamura II
Character : Publisher (segment "Chawan no naka")
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