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SOLD OUTWinner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales adapted from Lafcadio Hearn’s classic Japanese ghost stories about mortals caught up in forces beyond their comprehension when the supernatural world intervenes in their lives: “The Black Hair”, “The Woman of the Snow”, “Hoichi the Earless”, and “In a Cup of Tea”. Breathtakingly photographed entirely on hand-painted sets, the film is an abstract wash of luminescent colours from another world. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the complete 183-minute original Japanese cut of Masaki Kobayashi’s masterpiece on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
Original Release
12/29/1964
US Release
11/22/1965
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Michiyo Aratama | First wife (segment "Kurokami") / First Wife (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Misako Watanabe | Second Wife (segment "Kurokami") / Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Rentaro Mikuni | Husband (segment "Kurokami") / Husband (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Kenjirô Ishiyama | Father (segment "Kurokami") / Father (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Ranko Akagi | Mother (segment "Kurokami") / Mother (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Fumie Kitahara | (segment "Kurokami") / (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Kappei Matsumoto | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Yoshiko Ieda | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Otome Tsukimiya | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Kenzô Tanaka | (segment "Kurokami") |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Michiyo Aratama | First wife (segment "Kurokami") / First Wife (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Misako Watanabe | Second Wife (segment "Kurokami") / Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Rentaro Mikuni | Husband (segment "Kurokami") / Husband (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Kenjirô Ishiyama | Father (segment "Kurokami") / Father (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Ranko Akagi | Mother (segment "Kurokami") / Mother (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Fumie Kitahara | (segment "Kurokami") / (segment "The Black Hair") |
| Kappei Matsumoto | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Yoshiko Ieda | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Otome Tsukimiya | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Kenzô Tanaka | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Kiyoshi Nakano | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna") / Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow") |
| Keiko Kishi | Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna") / Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow") |
| Yûko Mochizuki | Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna") / Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow") |
| Kin Sugai | Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") / Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") |
| Noriko Sengoku | Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") / Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") |
| Akiko Nomura | (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
| Torahiko Hamada | (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
| Jun Hamamura | (segment "Yuki-Onna") / (segment "The Woman of the Snow") |
| Katsuo Nakamura | Hoichi (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") / Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless") |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Takeshi Aikawa | Producer |
| Satoshi Kohinata | Producer |
| Minoru Tabata | Producer |
| Yoshishige Uchiyama | Producer |
| Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1966 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
