Kwaidan
(1965)
Horror, Fantasy, Drama
183min
77%
Overview
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 pe ...
Michiyo Aratama
Acting
Rentaro Mikuni
Acting
Misako Watanabe
Acting
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Michiyo Aratama
Popularity : 11.015
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni
Popularity : 17.083
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe
Popularity : 12.872
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Popularity : 13.211
Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
Ranko Akagi
Popularity : 6.334
(segment "The Black Hair")
Fumie Kitahara
Popularity : 7.634
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kappei Matsumoto
Popularity : 11.17
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Yoshiko Ieda
Popularity : 1.786
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Otome Tsukimiya
Popularity : 1.429
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kenzō Tanaka
Popularity : 0.352
(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Nakano
Popularity : 0.001
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Tatsuya Nakadai
Popularity : 33.646
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Keiko Kishi
Popularity : 22.622
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Yūko Mochizuki
Popularity : 1.465
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Kin Sugai
Popularity : 18.219
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Noriko Sengoku
Popularity : 19.429
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Akiko Nomura
Popularity : 7.94
(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
Popularity : 8.505
(segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Jun Hamamura
Popularity : 20.688
Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Katsuo Nakamura
Popularity : 26.565
Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Tetsuro Tamba
Popularity : 20.176
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Takashi Shimura
Popularity : 33.484
Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Yoichi Hayashi
Popularity : 13.521
Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Eiko Muramatsu
Popularity : 5.788
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kunie Tanaka
Popularity : 24.09
Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kazuo Kitamura
Popularity : 14.478
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Ichirō Nakatani
Popularity : 16.706
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masanori Tomotake
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Tokue Hanazawa
Popularity : 16.881
Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shizue Natsukawa
Popularity : 13.507
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Shin Tatsuoka
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Makiko Kitashiro
Popularity : 7.966
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Masakazu Kuwayama
Popularity : 12.306
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Popularity : 2.088
Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Popularity : 13.871
Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yousuke Kondou
Popularity : 4.089
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Popularity : 3.394
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kinji Omino
Popularity : 0.909
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Atsuo Nakamura
Popularity : 9.69
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Popularity : 0.34
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Akio Miyabe
Popularity : 0.664
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Gen'ya Nagai
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toru Uchida
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Hikaru Jinno
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshio Fukuhara
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kirô Abe
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Toshiro Yagi
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuriko Abe
Popularity : 2.1
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Yuri Satô
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Kyōichi Satō
Popularity : 3.794
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuo Aikawa
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Taiji Kodama
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Nobuaki Maeda
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Teruhiko Shibata
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Haruo Kaji
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michio Gina
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Seiji Tabe
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Mitsuko Narita
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Noriko Mikura
Popularity : 0.001
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Aiko Nagayama
Popularity : 9.191
(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Michiko Nakahata
Popularity : 0.305
Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kan'emon Nakamura
Popularity : 2.427
Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Osamu Takizawa
Popularity : 10.071
Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Haruko Sugimura
Popularity : 17.412
Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Noboru Nakaya
Popularity : 17.239
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Seiji Miyaguchi
Popularity : 14.127
Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Kei Satō
Popularity : 22.606
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Shigeru Kōyama
Popularity : 11.306
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
Popularity : 15.273
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
Popularity : 12.595
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Akiji Kobayashi
Popularity : 10.298
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
Popularity : 8.013
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Isao Tamagawa
Popularity : 11.165
(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
Popularity : 23.268
Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Popularity : 2.635
