Kwaidan (1965)

Kwaidan
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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.

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Cast

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

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