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