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.

Cast

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as Father (segment "The Black Hair")

Ranko Akagi

Ranko Akagi

as Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

Fumie Kitahara

Fumie Kitahara

as (segment "The Black Hair")

Kappei Matsumoto

Kappei Matsumoto

as (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Yoshiko Ieda

Yoshiko Ieda

as (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Otome Tsukimiya

Otome Tsukimiya

as (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kenzō Tanaka

Kenzō Tanaka

as (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I'm always a little daunted when I settle down in a cinema seat for a film that is 3 hours long - I fear the last glass of wine may have been one too many - but this simply flew by. It is a compendium of four different Japanese "poems" that deal with just about every emotion in the human panoply - l...

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