Kwaidan
In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
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.
Director Masaki Kobayashi
Trailer
Cast
Fumie Kitahara
(segment "The Black Hair")
Tatsuya Nakadai
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Isao Tamagawa
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Rentaro Mikuni
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Takashi Shimura
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yōsuke Kondō
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Misako Watanabe
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Osamu Takizawa
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Tetsuro Tamba
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tokue Hanazawa
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ichirō Nakatani
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Noriko Sengoku
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yoichi Hayashi
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kin Sugai
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noboru Nakaya
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Michiyo Aratama
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Torahiko Hamada
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Eiko Muramatsu
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Otome Tsukimiya
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Akiko Nomura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kyōichi Satō
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Haruko Sugimura
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Jun Tazaki
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Shizue Natsukawa
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kunie Tanaka
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Hideyo Amamoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)