Kwaidan

Kwaidan

183 mins | Drama, Horror, Fantasy | Dec. 29, 1964

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

183 mins | Drama, Horror, Fantasy | Dec. 29, 1964

Kwaidan
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Ninjin Club, Bungei, Toyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Original title 怪談
Directors Eiko Yoshida, Gô Yoshida, Masaki Kobayashi
Writers Lafcadio Hearn, Yoko Mizuki

Cast

Michiyo Aratama

as First wife (segment "Kurokami")

Misako Watanabe

as Second Wife (segment "Kurokami")

Rentaro Mikuni

as Husband (segment "Kurokami")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as Father (segment "Kurokami")

Ranko Akagi

as Mother (segment "Kurokami")

Fumie Kitahara

as (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)

Kappei Matsumoto

as (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)

Yoshiko Ieda

as (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)

Otome Tsukimiya

as (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)

Kenzô Tanaka

as (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Nakano

as (segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna")

Keiko Kishi

as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna")

Yūko Mochizuki

as Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")

Kin Sugai

as Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)

Noriko Sengoku

as Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)

Akiko Nomura

as (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

as (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)

Jun Hamamura

as (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)

Katsuo Nakamura

as Hoichi (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Tetsurō Tamba

as Warrior (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Takashi Shimura

as Head priest (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Yoichi Hayashi

as Attendant (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Eiko Muramatsu

as Kenreiinmon (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Kunie Tanaka

as Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Kazuo Kitamura

as Taira no Tomomori (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")

Ichirô Nakatani

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Masanori Tomotake

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Tokue Hanazawa

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Shizue Natsukawa

as Taira no Tokiko (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Shin Tatsuoka

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Makiko Kitashiro

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Masakazu Kuwayama

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Akira Tani

as Huntsman #2 (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Yôsuke Kondô

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Kinji Omino

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Atsuo Nakamura

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Ginzô Sekiguchi

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Akio Miyabe

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Gen'ya Nagai

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Toru Uchida

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Hikaru Jinno

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Toshio Fukuhara

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Kirô Abe

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Toshiro Yagi

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (as Toshirô Yagi) (uncredited)

Yuriko Abe

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Yuri Satô

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Kyôichi Satô

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Nobuo Aikawa

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Taiji Kodama

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Nobuaki Maeda

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Teruhiko Shibata

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Haruo Kaji

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Michio Gina

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Seiji Tabe

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited) (uncredited)

Mitsuko Narita

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Noriko Mikura

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Aiko Nagayama

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Michiko Nakahata

as (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)

Kan'emon Nakamura

as Kannai - a Guard (segment "Chawan no naka")

Osamu Takizawa

as Author / Narrator (segment "Chawan no naka")

Haruko Sugimura

as Madame (segment "Chawan no naka")

Noboru Nakaya

as Shikibu Heinai (segment "Chawan no naka")

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Old man (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Kei Satō

as Ghost samurai (segment "Chawan no naka")

Shigeru Kôyama

as (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Jun Tazaki

as Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto

as (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Akiji Kobayashi

as (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Yoshirô Aoki

as (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Isao Tamagawa

as (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Hideyo Amamoto

as (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)

Ganjirô Nakamura II

as Publisher (segment "Chawan no naka")