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Kwaidan

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Calorie Rating: 226
Released: 1965-01-06
Running Time: 161 Minutes
Studios: Ninjin Club,


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 / Directors

Eiko Yoshida
Continuity
Gô Yoshida
First Assistant Director



Cast

Michiyo Aratama
Character: First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni
Character: Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe
Character: Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Kenjirō Ishiyama
Character: Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Ranko Akagi
Character: Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara
Character: (segment "The Black Hair")

Kappei Matsumoto
Character: (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda
Character: (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
Character: (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kenzō Tanaka
Character: (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano
Character: (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Character: Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Keiko Kishi
Character: Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Character: Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Character: Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Noriko Sengoku
Character: Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Akiko Nomura
Character: (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
Character: (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Jun Hamamura
Character: (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Katsuo Nakamura
Character: Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro Tamba
Character: Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Takashi Shimura
Character: Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi
Character: Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu
Character: Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Kunie Tanaka
Character: Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo Kitamura
Character: Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Ichirō Nakatani
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Masanori Tomotake
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Character: Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Shin Tatsuoka
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Character: Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō
Character: Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Ginzô Sekiguchi
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Toru Uchida
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kirô Abe
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Yuri Satô
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Taiji Kodama
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Haruo Kaji
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michio Gina
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Mitsuko Narita
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Michiko Nakahata
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura
Character: Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Osamu Takizawa
Character: Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Haruko Sugimura
Character: Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Noboru Nakaya
Character: Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Character: Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Kei Satō
Character: Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Character: Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Isao Tamagawa
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Character: Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")


Production and Crew

Yoshio Miyajima
Cinematography
Shigemasa Toda
Art Direction

Yoko Mizuki
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer

Toshiyuki Isobe
Assistant Camera
Shigeru Takagi
Makeup Artist

Kazuo Kuwahara
Production Supervisor
Michiyoshi Takashima
Executive In Charge Of Production
Yôichi Ukita
Production Supervisor

Kuniharu Akiyama
Sound Designer
Akira Suzuki
Sound Designer

Ayako Sakurai
Hairstylist
Masahiro Katō
Costume Design

Naotake Satsumoto
Assistant Art Director
Toru Takemitsu
Sound Designer
Kazutoshi Yagihashi
Sound Recordist

Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Still Photographer
Kiyoharu Matsuno
Set Designer

Masaharu Shioda
Sound Recordist
Shôjirô Kamohara
Second Assistant Camera
Junichirô Ôsaka
Assistant Editor

Yoshio Ueno
Costume Consultant
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration

Kiyoshi Awazu
Title Designer
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Sound Designer
Tatsuo Hotta
Martial Arts Choreographer