Kwaidan (1965)

Kwaidan (1965)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1965-01-06 Japan 183 Min. PG-13
7.7 407 votes
Horror, Fantasy, Drama

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.

Cast

Michiyo Aratama is First Wife (segment
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni is Husband (segment
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe is Second Wife (segment
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō Ishiyama is Father (segment
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Ranko Akagi is Mother (segment
Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara is (segment
(segment "The Black Hair")
Kappei Matsumoto is (segment
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda is (segment
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya is (segment
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kenzō Tanaka is (segment
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano is (segment
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai is Minokichi (segment
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Keiko Kishi is Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki is Minokichi's Mother (segment
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai is Village Woman (segment
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku is Village Woman (segment
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura is (segment
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada is (segment
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura is (segment
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Katsuo Nakamura is Hoichi (segment
Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro Tamba is Warrior (segment
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Takashi Shimura is Head Priest (segment
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi is Attendant (segment
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu is Kenreiinmon (segment
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kunie Tanaka is Yasaku (segment
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo Kitamura is Tomomori (segment
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Ichirō Nakatani is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masanori Tomotake is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa is Tokiko (segment
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shin Tatsuoka is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akira Tani is Huntsman #2 (segment
Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō is Benkei (segment
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toru Uchida is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kirô Abe is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuri Satô is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Taiji Kodama is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Haruo Kaji is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michio Gina is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mitsuko Narita is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata is (segment
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura is Kannai (segment
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Osamu Takizawa is Author / Narrator (segment
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Haruko Sugimura is Madame (segment
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Noboru Nakaya is Shikibu Heinai (segment
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi is Old Man (segment
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō is Ghost Samurai (segment
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama is (segment
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki is Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto is (segment
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi is (segment
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki is (segment
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa is (segment
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto is (segment
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ganjirō Nakamura II is Publisher (segment
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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