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