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