Kwaidan

In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."

183 mins
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.

Michiyo Aratama

First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Rentaro Mikuni

Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Misako Watanabe

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Father (segment "The Black Hair")

Ranko Akagi

Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

Fumie Kitahara

(segment "The Black Hair")

Kappei Matsumoto

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Yoshiko Ieda

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Otome Tsukimiya

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kenzō Tanaka

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Nakano

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Keiko Kishi

Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Yūko Mochizuki

Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Kin Sugai

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Noriko Sengoku

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Akiko Nomura

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Jun Hamamura

(segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Katsuo Nakamura

Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Tetsuro Tamba

Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Takashi Shimura

Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Yoichi Hayashi

Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Eiko Muramatsu

Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Kunie Tanaka

Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Kazuo Kitamura

Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Ichirō Nakatani

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Masanori Tomotake

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Tokue Hanazawa

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Shizue Natsukawa

Tokiko (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)

Yōsuke Kondō

Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kinji Omino

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Atsuo Nakamura

(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)

Kyōichi Satō

(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)

Aiko Nagayama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Michiko Nakahata

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Osamu Takizawa

Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Haruko Sugimura

Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Noboru Nakaya

Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Seiji Miyaguchi

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Kei Satō

Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Shigeru Kōyama

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Jun Tazaki

Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Akiji Kobayashi

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Yoshirō Aoki

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Isao Tamagawa

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Hideyo Amamoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Masaki Kobayashi

Director

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Producer

Yoshio Miyajima

Cinematography

Shigemasa Toda

Art Direction

Yoko Mizuki

Screenplay

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Hisashi Sagara

Editor

Lafcadio Hearn

Novel

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

Hideo Nishizaki

Sound

Akira Suzuki

Sound Designer

Tadanosuke Sumida

Researcher

Ayako Sakurai

Hairstylist

Masahiro Katō

Costume Design

Naotake Satsumoto

Assistant Art Director

Toru Takemitsu

Sound Designer

Kazutoshi Yagihashi

Sound Recordist

Yasuhiro Yoshioka

Still Photographer

Eiko Yoshida

Continuity

Akira Aomatsu

Gaffer

Kiyoharu Matsuno

Set Designer

Masaharu Shioda

Sound Recordist

Shôjirô Kamohara

Second Assistant Camera

Junichirô Ôsaka

Assistant Editor

Yoshio Ueno

Costume Consultant

Shigeyuki Sekine

Colorist

Dai Arakawa

Set Decoration

Kiyoshi Awazu

Title Designer

Gô Yoshida

First Assistant Director

Shigenosuke Okuyama

Sound Designer

Tatsuo Hotta

Martial Arts Choreographer

Kinji Tsuruda

Musician

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