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Kwaidan

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.

1965 |3h 3m |  Horror, Fantasy, Drama

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Michiyo Aratama

First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

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Rentaro Mikuni

Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

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Misako Watanabe

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

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Kenjirō Ishiyama

Father (segment "The Black Hair")

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Fumie Kitahara

(segment "The Black Hair")

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Otome Tsukimiya

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

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Keiko Kishi

Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

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Yūko Mochizuki

Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

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Kin Sugai

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

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Noriko Sengoku

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

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Akiko Nomura

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

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Torahiko Hamada

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

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Jun Hamamura

(segment "The Woman of the Snow")

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Katsuo Nakamura

Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Tetsuro Tamba

Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Takashi Shimura

Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Yoichi Hayashi

Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Eiko Muramatsu

Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Kunie Tanaka

Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Kazuo Kitamura

Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

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Ichirō Nakatani

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Tokue Hanazawa

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Shizue Natsukawa

Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Akira Tani

Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Yousuke Kondou

Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Atsuo Nakamura

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Kyōichi Satō

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Aiko Nagayama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

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Kan'emon Nakamura

Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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Osamu Takizawa

Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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Haruko Sugimura

Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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Noboru Nakaya

Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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Seiji Miyaguchi

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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Kei Satō

Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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Shigeru Kōyama

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Jun Tazaki

Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Junkichi Orimoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Akiji Kobayashi

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Yoshirō Aoki

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Isao Tamagawa

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Hideyo Amamoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

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Ganjirō Nakamura II

Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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