Kwaidan (1964) (Kaidan) (1965)

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8.3	Rating (197 ratings)
8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Masaki Kobayashi

Starring (View all)

Michiyo Aratama
First wife

Misako Watanabe
Second Wife

Rentaro Mikuni
Husband

Kenjirô Ishiyama
Father

Ranko Akagi
Mother

Kappei Matsumoto
(segment Kurokami)

Tatsuya Nakadai
Mi nokichi

Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden

Written by

Yôko Mizuki
(screenplay)

Lafcadio Hearn

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12 years, 7 months ago at Sep 13 14:30

Spike Marshall

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This is my review from chud.com in 2007 you can find the original formatting here; http://www.chud.com/13438/dvd-review-kwaidan-criterion-colection-region-2/

Kwaidan is an anthology based upon four short stories culled from the work of Lafcadio Hearn. The stories are from selected works, but two of the tales and the name come from his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Thi... read more

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Description: A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. "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 perfo ... (more)

Release date: 6 January 1965
UPC: 037429152027

Tags: Horror (10), Japan (8), Samurai (7), Anthology (7), Fantasy (6), 1960s (5), Japanese (4), Drama (3), Death (3), Witchcraft (3), Musician (3), 1964 (3), Reflection (3), Revenge (2), Adaptation (2), Ghosts (2), Ghost (2), Divorce (2), Monastery (2), Anger (2)

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"First viewing - June 5th Unsure if I just was not in the right mood for it, but for the most part I was bored out of my mind with Kwaidan. The film looks stunning, and on technical levels it's tough to complain about too much. Were it not for the outstanding visuals and my determination to see it through, I would have dropped the film for something else. Really I should have abandoned it, but I made myself finish it. I liked the 2nd tale best of all 4, and the final tale was amusing, but the 1s"