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Kwaidan
1965, Jan 06
3h 3m
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.
Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Takashi Shimura
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tatsuya Nakadai
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Tetsuro Tamba
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Rentaro Mikuni
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Kunie Tanaka
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kei Satō
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Hideyo Amamoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Katsuo Nakamura
Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Akiji Kobayashi
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Haruko Sugimura
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Noboru Nakaya
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Misako Watanabe
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Jun Hamamura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Michiyo Aratama
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Osamu Takizawa
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Tokue Hanazawa
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Kin Sugai
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Torahiko Hamada
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Ichirō Nakatani
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akiko Nomura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Yōsuke Kondō
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yūko Mochizuki
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yoshirō Aoki
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Eiko Muramatsu
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Fumie Kitahara
(segment "The Black Hair")
Yoichi Hayashi
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Otome Tsukimiya
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Ranko Akagi
Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
Kappei Matsumoto
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kenzō Tanaka
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Masanori Tomotake
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shin Tatsuoka
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toru Uchida
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kirô Abe
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuri Satô
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Taiji Kodama
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Haruo Kaji
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michio Gina
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mitsuko Narita
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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