Kwaidan
怪談
Release: 1965-01-06
·Runtime: 183m
·★ 7.7
Horror
Fantasy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Ninjin Club
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kunie Tanaka
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Osamu Takizawa
as Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Ichirō Nakatani
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Misako Watanabe
as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kin Sugai
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Torahiko Hamada
as (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Jun Hamamura
as (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Rentaro Mikuni
as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Haruko Sugimura
as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Akiji Kobayashi
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Michiyo Aratama
as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
as Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō
as Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu
as Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kan'emon Nakamura
as Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Yoshirō Aoki
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
as (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Keiko Kishi
as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kazuo Kitamura
as Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Noboru Nakaya
as Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
as Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Tokue Hanazawa
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shigeru Kōyama
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
as Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Katsuo Nakamura
as Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kyōichi Satō
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Fumie Kitahara
as (segment "The Black Hair")
Noriko Sengoku
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Aiko Nagayama
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yūko Mochizuki
as Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura
as (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Tetsuro Tamba
as Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi
as Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
