Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Horror Fantasy Drama

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.

Release Date: 1965-01-06

Original Language: ja

Original Title: 怪談

Status: Released

Runtime: 183 minutes

TagLine: In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."

Rating: (394 votes)

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

Production Companies: Ninjin Club

Spoken Languages: 日本語

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Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama (First Wife (segment "The Black Hair"))

33.64%

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni (Husband (segment "The Black Hair"))

48.89%

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe (Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair"))

39.85%

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama (Father (segment "The Black Hair"))

36.24%

Ranko Akagi

Ranko Akagi (Mother (segment "The Black Hair"))

21.88%

Fumie Kitahara

Fumie Kitahara ((segment "The Black Hair"))

5.20%

Kappei Matsumoto

Kappei Matsumoto ((segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited))

23.42%

Yoshiko Ieda

Yoshiko Ieda ((segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited))

3.08%

Otome Tsukimiya

Otome Tsukimiya ((segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited))

10.57%

Kenzō Tanaka

Kenzō Tanaka ((segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited))

3.82%

Kiyoshi Nakano

Kiyoshi Nakano ((segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited))

1.00%

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai (Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow"))

60.62%

Keiko Kishi

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

28.70%

Yūko Mochizuki

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

31.87%

Kin Sugai

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

44.89%

Noriko Sengoku

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

25.16%

Akiko Nomura

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

6.25%

Torahiko Hamada

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

23.58%

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura ((segment "The Woman of the Snow"))

23.39%

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura (Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

28.35%

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba (Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

50.11%

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura (Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

39.48%

Yoichi Hayashi

Yoichi Hayashi (Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

11.27%

Eiko Muramatsu

Eiko Muramatsu (Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

18.35%

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka (Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

52.91%

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura (Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless"))

25.81%

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

17.70%

Masanori Tomotake

Masanori Tomotake ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue Hanazawa ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

10.98%

Shizue Natsukawa

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

15.18%

Shin Tatsuoka

Shin Tatsuoka ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Makiko Kitashiro

Makiko Kitashiro ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

2.20%

Masakazu Kuwayama

Masakazu Kuwayama ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

15.89%

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

4.46%

Akira Tani

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

10.16%

Yousuke Kondou

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

11.74%

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Kiyoshi Yamamoto ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

5.77%

Kinji Omino

Kinji Omino ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

15.68%

Ginzô Sekiguchi

Ginzô Sekiguchi ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

7.12%

Akio Miyabe

Akio Miyabe ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

5.31%

Gen'ya Nagai

Gen'ya Nagai ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Toru Uchida

Toru Uchida ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Hikaru Jinno

Hikaru Jinno ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Toshio Fukuhara

Toshio Fukuhara ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Kirô Abe

Kirô Abe ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Toshiro Yagi

Toshiro Yagi ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Yuriko Abe

Yuriko Abe ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

5.75%

Yuri Satô

Yuri Satô ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

11.42%

Nobuo Aikawa

Nobuo Aikawa ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Taiji Kodama

Taiji Kodama ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Nobuaki Maeda

Nobuaki Maeda ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Teruhiko Shibata

Teruhiko Shibata ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Haruo Kaji

Haruo Kaji ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Michio Gina

Michio Gina ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Seiji Tabe

Seiji Tabe ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Mitsuko Narita

Mitsuko Narita ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Noriko Mikura

Noriko Mikura ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Aiko Nagayama

Aiko Nagayama ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

10.15%

Michiko Nakahata

Michiko Nakahata ((segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited))

1.00%

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura (Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea"))

22.20%

Osamu Takizawa

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

21.17%

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura (Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea"))

32.80%

Noboru Nakaya

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

30.88%

Seiji Miyaguchi

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

38.39%

Kei Satō

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

38.33%

Shigeru Kōyama

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

40.23%

Jun Tazaki

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

26.88%

Junkichi Orimoto

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

22.67%

Akiji Kobayashi

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

38.95%

Yoshirō Aoki

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

7.17%

Isao Tamagawa

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

41.54%

Hideyo Amamoto

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

25.56%

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II (Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea"))

12.80%

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