Kwaidan

怪談

1964·183'

Masaki Kobayashi

FantasyHorrorDrama

Japanese

Letterboxd TMDB #30959

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 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")