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.
Director Masaki Kobayashi
Trailer
Cast
Noboru Nakaya
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Akiko Nomura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Atsuo Nakamura
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Torahiko Hamada
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Ichirō Nakatani
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yūko Mochizuki
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Fumie Kitahara
(segment "The Black Hair")
Yōsuke Kondō
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Michiyo Aratama
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Jun Hamamura
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Misako Watanabe
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Junkichi Orimoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Eiko Muramatsu
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tatsuya Nakadai
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Hideyo Amamoto
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Rentaro Mikuni
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Tetsuro Tamba
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yoichi Hayashi
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Haruko Sugimura
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Shigeru Kōyama
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kyōichi Satō
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Osamu Takizawa
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Jun Tazaki
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Kunie Tanaka
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Aiko Nagayama
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)