Kwaidan
Masaki Kobayashi1965-01-06
In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL".
7.701
183 min
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.
Cast
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Michiyo Aratama | First Wife (segment "The Black Hair") | Unowned |
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Rentaro Mikuni | Husband (segment "The Black Hair") | Unowned |
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Misako Watanabe | Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair") | Unowned |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama | Father (segment "The Black Hair") | Unowned |
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Ranko Akagi | Mother (segment "The Black Hair") | Unowned |
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Fumie Kitahara | (segment "The Black Hair") | Unowned |
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Kappei Matsumoto | (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Yoshiko Ieda | (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Otome Tsukimiya | (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kenzō Tanaka | (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kiyoshi Nakano | (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | Unowned |
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Keiko Kishi | Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | Unowned |
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Yūko Mochizuki | Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | Unowned |
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Kin Sugai | Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | Unowned |
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Noriko Sengoku | Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | Unowned |
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Akiko Nomura | (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Torahiko Hamada | (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jun Hamamura | (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | Unowned |
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Katsuo Nakamura | Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Tetsuro Tamba | Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Takashi Shimura | Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Yoichi Hayashi | Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Eiko Muramatsu | Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Kunie Tanaka | Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Kazuo Kitamura | Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | Unowned |
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Ichirō Nakatani | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Masanori Tomotake | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tokue Hanazawa | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Shizue Natsukawa | Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Shin Tatsuoka | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Makiko Kitashiro | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Masakazu Kuwayama | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Akira Tani | Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Yousuke Kondou | Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kinji Omino | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Atsuo Nakamura | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ginzô Sekiguchi | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Akio Miyabe | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gen'ya Nagai | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Toru Uchida | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hikaru Jinno | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Toshio Fukuhara | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kirô Abe | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Toshiro Yagi | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Yuriko Abe | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Yuri Satô | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kyōichi Satō | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Nobuo Aikawa | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Taiji Kodama | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Nobuaki Maeda | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Teruhiko Shibata | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Haruo Kaji | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michio Gina | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Seiji Tabe | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mitsuko Narita | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Noriko Mikura | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Aiko Nagayama | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michiko Nakahata | (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kan'emon Nakamura | Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |
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Osamu Takizawa | Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |
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Haruko Sugimura | Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |
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Noboru Nakaya | Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |
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Kei Satō | Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |
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Shigeru Kōyama | (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jun Tazaki | Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Junkichi Orimoto | (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Akiji Kobayashi | (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Yoshirō Aoki | (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Isao Tamagawa | (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hideyo Amamoto | (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II | Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea") | Unowned |