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