Genres
Duration
183 min
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Rating
7.7
Release Date
January 6, 1965
Kwaidan
Original title: 怪談
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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.
Kwaidan cast
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Michiyo Aratama
Character:
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
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Rentaro Mikuni
Character:
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
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Misako Watanabe
Character:
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
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Kenjirō Ishiyama
Character:
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
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Ranko Akagi
Character:
Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
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Fumie Kitahara
Character:
(segment "The Black Hair")
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Kappei Matsumoto
Character:
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
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Yoshiko Ieda
Character:
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
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Otome Tsukimiya
Character:
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
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Kenzō Tanaka
Character:
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
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Kiyoshi Nakano
Character:
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Character:
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Keiko Kishi
Character:
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Yūko Mochizuki
Character:
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Kin Sugai
Character:
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Noriko Sengoku
Character:
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Akiko Nomura
Character:
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
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Torahiko Hamada
Character:
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
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Jun Hamamura
Character:
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Katsuo Nakamura
Character:
Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Tetsuro Tamba
Character:
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Takashi Shimura
Character:
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Yoichi Hayashi
Character:
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Eiko Muramatsu
Character:
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Kunie Tanaka
Character:
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Kazuo Kitamura
Character:
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
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Ichirō Nakatani
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Masanori Tomotake
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Tokue Hanazawa
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Shizue Natsukawa
Character:
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Shin Tatsuoka
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Makiko Kitashiro
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Masakazu Kuwayama
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Akira Tani
Character:
Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Yōsuke Kondō
Character:
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Kinji Omino
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Atsuo Nakamura
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Ginzô Sekiguchi
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Akio Miyabe
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Gen'ya Nagai
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Toru Uchida
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Hikaru Jinno
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Toshio Fukuhara
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Kirô Abe
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Toshiro Yagi
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Yuriko Abe
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Yuri Satô
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Kyōichi Satō
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Nobuo Aikawa
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Taiji Kodama
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Nobuaki Maeda
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Teruhiko Shibata
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Haruo Kaji
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Michio Gina
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Seiji Tabe
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Mitsuko Narita
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Noriko Mikura
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Aiko Nagayama
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Michiko Nakahata
Character:
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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Kan'emon Nakamura
Character:
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Osamu Takizawa
Character:
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Haruko Sugimura
Character:
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Noboru Nakaya
Character:
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Character:
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Kei Satō
Character:
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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Shigeru Kōyama
Character:
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Jun Tazaki
Character:
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Junkichi Orimoto
Character:
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Akiji Kobayashi
Character:
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Yoshirō Aoki
Character:
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Isao Tamagawa
Character:
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Hideyo Amamoto
Character:
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
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Ganjirō Nakamura II
Character:
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
