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