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Kwaidan

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

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.

Release Date : 1965-01-06

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ninjin Club

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Ghost StoriesKaidanWeird Tales

Cast

Character Name : First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Original Name : 新珠三千代

Gender : Female

Character Name : Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Original Name : 三国連太郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Original Name : 渡辺美佐子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father (segment "The Black Hair")

Original Name : 石山健二郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

Original Name : 赤木蘭子

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Black Hair")

Original Name : 北原文枝

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Original Name : 松本克平

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Original Name : Yoshiko Ieda

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Original Name : 月宮乙女

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Original Name : Kenzō Tanaka

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Original Name : Kiyoshi Nakano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Original Name : 仲代達矢

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Original Name : 岸恵子

Gender : Female

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

Original Name : 望月優子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Original Name : 菅井きん

Gender : Female

Character Name : Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Original Name : 千石規子

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Original Name : 野村昭子

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Original Name : 浜田寅彦

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Original Name : 浜村純

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 中村嘉葎雄

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 丹波哲郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 志村喬

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 林与一

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 村松英子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 田中邦衛

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Original Name : 北村和夫

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 中谷一郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Masanori Tomotake

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 花沢徳衛

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 夏川静江

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 龍岡晋

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 北城真記子

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 桑山正一

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 鶴丸睦彦

Gender : Male

Character Name : Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 谷晃

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 近藤洋介

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 山本清史

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 小美野欣士

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 中村敦夫

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Ginzô Sekiguchi

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 宮部昭夫

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Gen'ya Nagai

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Toru Uchida

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Hikaru Jinno

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Toshio Fukuhara

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Kirô Abe

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Toshiro Yagi

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 阿部百合子

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Yuri Satô

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 佐藤京一

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Nobuo Aikawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Taiji Kodama

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Nobuaki Maeda

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 柴田侊彦

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Haruo Kaji

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Michio Gina

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Seiji Tabe

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Mitsuko Narita

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Noriko Mikura

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : 長山藍子

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Original Name : Michiko Nakahata

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Original Name : 三代目中村翫右衛門

Gender : Male

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

Original Name : 滝沢修

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Original Name : 杉村春子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Original Name : 仲谷昇

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Original Name : 宮口精二

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Original Name : 佐藤慶

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Original Name : 神山繁

Gender : Male

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

Original Name : 田崎潤

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Original Name : 織本順吉

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Original Name : 小林昭二

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Original Name : 青木義朗

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Original Name : 玉川伊佐男

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Original Name : 天本英世

Gender : Male

Character Name : Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Original Name : 二代目中村鴈治郎

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-02

I'm always a little daunted when I settle down in a cinema seat for a film that is 3 hours long - I fear the last glass of wine may have been one too many - but this simply flew by. It is a compendium of four different Japanese "poems" that deal with just about every emotion in the human panoply - love, hate, greed, joy, fear, envy, betrayal... You name it! Each story has a central theme that, perhaps not terribly sophisticated to anyone with a fairly well-centred moral compass of their own, delivers a salutatory lesson in what is decent and what is flawed about human nature, even amongst the best of us. "In A Cup of Tea" - is a wonderfully intriguing story and my personal favourite is "Hoichi" - featuring a blind priest who can sing such beautiful songs but at such a fearful price. The staging is superb, though the fight scenes - especially on the water - maybe a little too studio-bound to be truly effective. The colours and sounds test every range of your senses; ecstasy and despair, bliss and rage and leave you, at the end, feeling as drained and fulfilled, simultaneously, as any film could hope to possibly engender... This really is a glorious roller-coaster of a ride!