Kwaidan (1964)
Kaidan (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 3h 3min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 22 Nov 1965 (USA)
- Movie
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Michiyo Aratama | ... |
First wife (segment "Kurokami")
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| Misako Watanabe | ... |
Second Wife (segment "Kurokami")
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| Rentarô Mikuni | ... |
Husband (segment "Kurokami")
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| Kenjirô Ishiyama | ... |
Father (segment "Kurokami")
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Ranko Akagi | ... |
Mother (segment "Kurokami")
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| Fumie Kitahara | ... |
(segment "Kurokami")
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Kappei Matsumoto | ... |
(segment "Kurokami")
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Yoshiko Ieda | ... |
(segment "Kurokami")
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| Otome Tsukimiya | ... |
(segment "Kurokami")
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Kenzô Tanaka | ... |
(segment "Kurokami")
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Kiyoshi Nakano | ... |
(segment "Kurokami")
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| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... |
Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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| Keiko Kishi | ... |
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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| Yûko Mochizuki | ... |
Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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| Kin Sugai | ... |
Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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| Noriko Sengoku | ... |
Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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Akiko Nomura | ... |
(segment "Yuki-Onna")
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Torahiko Hamada | ... |
(segment "Yuki-Onna")
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| Jun Hamamura | ... |
(segment "Yuki-Onna")
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| Katsuo Nakamura | ... |
Hoichi (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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| Tetsurô Tanba | ... |
Warrior (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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| Takashi Shimura | ... |
Head priest (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Yoichi Hayashi | ... |
Attendant (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Eiko Muramatsu | ... |
Kenreiinmon (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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| Kunie Tanaka | ... |
Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kazuo Kitamura | ... |
Taira no Tomomori (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Ichirô Nakatani | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Masanori Tomotake | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Tokue Hanazawa | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Shizue Natsukawa | ... |
Taira no Tokiko (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Shin Tatsuoka | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
(as Susumu Tatsuoka)
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Makiko Kitashiro | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Masakazu Kuwayama | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Akira Tani | ... |
Huntsman #2 (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Yôsuke Kondô | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kinji Omino | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Atsuo Nakamura | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Ginzô Sekiguchi | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
(as Kinzô Sekiguchi)
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Akio Miyabe | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Gen'ya Nagai | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Toru Uchida | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
(as Tôru Uchida)
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Hikaru Jinno | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Toshio Fukuhara | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kirô Abe | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Toshiro Yagi | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
(as Toshirô Yagi)
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| Yuriko Abe | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Yuri Satô | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kyôichi Satô | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Nobuo Aikawa | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Taiji Kodama | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Nobuaki Maeda | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Teruhiko Shibata | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Haruo Kaji | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Michio Gina | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Seiji Tabe | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Mitsuko Narita | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Noriko Mikura | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Aiko Nagayama | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Michiko Nakahata | ... |
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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| Kan'emon Nakamura | ... |
Kannai - a Guard (segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Osamu Takizawa | ... |
Author / Narrator (segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Haruko Sugimura | ... |
Madame (segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Ganjirô Nakamura | ... |
Publisher (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Noboru Nakaya | ... |
Shikibu Heinai (segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Seiji Miyaguchi | ... |
Old man (segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Kei Satô | ... |
Ghost samurai (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Shigeru Kôyama | ... |
(segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Jun Tazaki | ... |
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Junkichi Orimoto | ... |
(segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Akiji Kobayashi | ... |
(segment "Chawan no naka")
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Yoshirô Aoki | ... |
(segment "Chawan no naka")
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Isao Tamagawa | ... |
(segment "Chawan no naka")
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| Hideyo Amamoto | ... |
(segment "Chawan no naka")
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Directed by
| Masaki Kobayashi | ||
Written by
| Yôko Mizuki | ... | (screenplay) |
| Lafcadio Hearn | ... | (novel) (as Yakumo Koizumi) |
Produced by
| Takeshi Aikawa | ... | assistant producer |
| Satoshi Kohinata | ... | assistant producer |
| Minoru Tabata | ... | assistant producer |
| Yoshishige Uchiyama | ... | associate producer |
| Shigeru Wakatsuki | ... | producer |
Music by
| Tôru Takemitsu | ||
Cinematography by
| Yoshio Miyajima | ||
Editing by
| Hisashi Sagara | ||
Editorial Department
| Michio Midorikawa | ... | color consultant |
| Shigeyuki Sekine | ... | colorist |
| Junichirô Ôsaka | ... | assistant editor |
Art Direction by
| Shigemasa Toda | ||
Set Decoration by
| Dai Arakawa | ||
Costume Design by
| Masahiro Katô | ||
Makeup Department
| Ayako Sakurai | ... | hair stylist |
| Shigeru Takagi | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Kazuo Kuwahara | ... | production supervisor |
| Michiyoshi Takashima | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Yôichi Ukita | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Gô Yoshida | ... | first assistant director |
| Kiyoshi Ogasawara | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Kiyoharu Matsuno | ... | set designer |
| Masayoshi Nakamura | ... | Tannoura battle paintings |
| Makoto Nishida | ... | background artist |
| Naotake Satsumoto | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Kuniharu Akiyama | ... | sound designer |
| Hideo Nishizaki | ... | sound |
| Shigenosuke Okuyama | ... | sound designer |
| Masaharu Shioda | ... | sound recordist |
| Akira Suzuki | ... | sound designer |
| Tôru Takemitsu | ... | sound designer |
| Kazutoshi Yagihashi | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
| Eiji Tsuburaya | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Tatsuo Hotta | ... | martial arts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Akira Aomatsu | ... | gaffer |
| Toshiyuki Isobe | ... | assistant camera |
| Shôjirô Kamohara | ... | second assistant camera |
| Yasuhiro Yoshioka | ... | still photographer |
| Susumu Ôishi | ... | assistant photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Yoshio Ueno | ... | costume researcher |
Music Department
| Kinji Tsuruda | ... | musician: biwa |
Script and Continuity Department
| Eiko Yoshida | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
| Kiyoshi Awazu | ... | title designer |
| Tadanosuke Sumida | ... | researcher |
| Sofu Teshigahara | ... | title designer |
| Kazuya Uchida | ... | publicity producer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho (1964) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Comacico (1965) (France) (theatrical)
- NEF Diffusion (France) (theatrical) (reissue)
- ABC-Kinot (1977) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Continental Distributing (1965) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Internacional Filmes (1968) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Lorca (1971) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Metropolitan Films (1964) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Orb Films (1967) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- BBC Two (1991) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Continental Home Vídeo (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Eureka Entertainment (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Filmax Home Video (2001) (Spain) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video)
- Home Vision Cinema (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
- Raro Video (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
- Tartan Video (1994) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2020) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Toho Studios (sound stages)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her. "The Woman in the Snow": Stranded in a snowstorm, a woodcutter meets an icy spirit in the form of a woman spares his life on the condition that he never tell anyone about her. A decade later he forgets his promise. "Hoichi the Earless": Hoichi is a blind musician, living in a monastery who sings so well that a ghostly imperial court commands him to perform the epic ballad of their death battle for them. But the ghosts are draining away his life, and the monks set out to protect him by writing a holy mantra over his body to make him invisible to the ghosts. But they've forgotten something. "In a Cup of Tea": a writer tells the story of a man who keep seeing a mysterious face reflected in his cup of tea. Written by Kathy Li |
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| Taglines | In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL" See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | JPY350,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The four vignettes were chosen to represent the four seasons of the year. See more » |
| Goofs | In the segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi", Donkai says he covered all of Hôichi's body with the sacred writing, but when Hôichi is writhing on the floor after the ghost's attack, his thighs (which in the shots were supposed to be covered by his robe) are visible for a couple of seconds and are clearly unmarked. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008). See more » |
| Quotes |
Hoichi (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi"):
As long as I live, I'll continue to play the biwa. I'll play with all my soul to mourn those thousands of spirits who burn with bitter hatred. See more » |