Kwaidan (1965)
Movie
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
Genres : Horror, Fantasy, Drama
Status : Released
Released : Jan 6, 1965
Tagline : In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
Length : 183 minutes
Cast
- Michiyo Aratama
- Rentaro Mikuni
- Misako Watanabe
- Kenjirō Ishiyama
- Ranko Akagi
- Fumie Kitahara
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Yoshiko Ieda
- Otome Tsukimiya
- Kenzō Tanaka
- Kiyoshi Nakano
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Keiko Kishi
- Yūko Mochizuki
- Kin Sugai
- Noriko Sengoku
- Akiko Nomura
- Torahiko Hamada
- Jun Hamamura
- Katsuo Nakamura
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Takashi Shimura
- Yoichi Hayashi
- Eiko Muramatsu
- Kunie Tanaka
- Kazuo Kitamura
- Ichirō Nakatani
- Masanori Tomotake
- Tokue Hanazawa
- Shizue Natsukawa
- Shin Tatsuoka
- Makiko Kitashiro
- Masakazu Kuwayama
- Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
- Akira Tani
- Yōsuke Kondō
- Kiyoshi Yamamoto
- Kinji Omino
- Atsuo Nakamura
- Ginzô Sekiguchi
- Akio Miyabe
- Genya Nagai
- Toru Uchida
- Hikaru Jinno
- Toshio Fukuhara
- Kirô Abe
- Toshiro Yagi
- Yuriko Abe
- Yuri Satô
- Kyōichi Satō
- Nobuo Aikawa
- Taiji Kodama
- Nobuaki Maeda
- Teruhiko Shibata
- Haruo Kaji
- Michio Gina
- Seiji Tabe
- Mitsuko Narita
- Noriko Mikura
- Aiko Nagayama
- Michiko Nakahata
- Kan'emon Nakamura
- Osamu Takizawa
- Haruko Sugimura
- Noboru Nakaya
- Seiji Miyaguchi
- Kei Satō
- Shigeru Kōyama
- Jun Tazaki
- Junkichi Orimoto
- Akiji Kobayashi
- Yoshirō Aoki
- Isao Tamagawa
- Hideyo Amamoto
- Ganjirō Nakamura II
Crew
- Director : Masaki Kobayashi
- Screenplay : Yōko Mizuki
- Novel : Lafcadio Hearn
- Producer : Shigeru Wakatsuki
- Original Music Composer : Toru Takemitsu
- Editor : Hisashi Sagara
- Art Direction : Shigemasa Toda
- Set Decoration : Dai Arakawa
- Costume Design : Masahiro Katō
- Hairstylist : Ayako Sakurai
- Makeup Artist : Shigeru Takagi
- Production Supervisor : Kazuo Kuwahara
- Executive In Charge Of Production : Michiyoshi Takashima
- Production Supervisor : Yôichi Ukita
- First Assistant Director : Gô Yoshida
- Set Designer : Kiyoharu Matsuno
- Assistant Art Director : Naotake Satsumoto
- Sound Designer : Kuniharu Akiyama
- Sound : Hideo Nishizaki
- Sound Designer : Shigenosuke Okuyama
- Sound Recordist : Masaharu Shioda
- Sound Designer : Akira Suzuki
- Sound Recordist : Kazutoshi Yagihashi
- Martial Arts Choreographer : Tatsuo Hotta
- Gaffer : Akira Aomatsu
- Assistant Camera : Toshiyuki Isobe
- Second Assistant Camera : Shôjirô Kamohara
- Still Photographer : Yasuhiro Yoshioka
- Costume Consultant : Yoshio Ueno
- Colorist : Shigeyuki Sekine
- Assistant Editor : Junichirô Ôsaka
- Musician : Kinji Tsuruda
- Continuity : Eiko Yoshida
- Title Designer : Kiyoshi Awazu
- Researcher : Tadanosuke Sumida
- Director of Photography : Yoshio Miyajima