Kwaidan

Kwaidan

1965
3h 3min

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

Storyline

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