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Kwaidan

Masaki Kobayashi

1965 • 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 ...

Kwaidan
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Cast
Michiyo Aratama
Michiyo AratamaFirst Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro MikuniHusband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe
Misako WatanabeSecond Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Kenjirō IshiyamaFather (segment "The Black Hair")
Ranko AkagiMother (segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara
Fumie Kitahara(segment "The Black Hair")
Kappei Matsumoto(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
Otome Tsukimiya(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kenzō Tanaka(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya NakadaiMinokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Keiko Kishi
Keiko KishiYuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Yūko MochizukiMinokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Kin SugaiVillage Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Crew
Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki KobayashiDirector
Yōko Mizuki
Yōko MizukiScreenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Kiyoshi Awazu
Kiyoshi AwazuTitle Designer
Yoshio Miyajima
Yoshio MiyajimaDirector of Photography
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