Kwaidan
In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL".
1/6/1965
Imdb: tt0058279
Tmdb: 30959
Popularity: 20.376
Vote: 7.7/10 (383)

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.
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")
Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Katsuo Nakamura
Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro Tamba
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Takashi Shimura
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kunie Tanaka
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Ichirō Nakatani
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masanori Tomotake
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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
Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yousuke Kondou
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
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
(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
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Osamu Takizawa
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Haruko Sugimura
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Noboru Nakaya
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Youth of the Beast
He Who Gets Slapped
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Irezumi
Kill!
Chizuko's Younger Sister
Two Arabian Knights
The Water Magician
Night Terrors
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Il Posto
Infection
The Navigator
Zygote
Tokyo Drifter
Kuroneko
Samurai Rebellion
The Hidden Fortress
The Beyond
The Face of Another
Heaven Is for Real
A Prayer for the Dying
Everything Went Fine
Highland Tower
Gutta-Percha Boy
The Stars of the Day
Goosebumps: The Ghost Next Door
Madame Bovary
The Parallel
Zlatý člověk
The Ghost Inside
The Fugitive
The Surf Report
El Silbido
Safe Harbour
A Chinese Ghost Story
In the Pool
Dial: Help
The Anderson Tapes
On the Beach
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sea battle
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