Kwaidan
怪談
Rating: 7.7 · 1965 · Horror, Fantasy, Drama · Japan · 3 ч 3 мин
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.
Information
- Original title
- 怪談
- Year
- 1965
- Genre
- Horror, Fantasy, Drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 3 ч 3 мин
- TMDB
- 7.7
- IMDb
- 7.7
- Tagline
- In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
Director
Cast
- Michiyo Aratama — First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
- Rentaro Mikuni — Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
- Misako Watanabe — Second Wife (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")
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- The Thing (1982)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Compartment No. 6 (2021)
- Dreamcatcher (2003)
- Airport (1970)
- Butcher's Crossing (2023)
- Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas (2018)
- Can You Keep a Secret? (2019)
- Les Misérables (1958)
- Frankenstein (2025)
- Interview with the Vampire (1994)