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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.
Cast View all
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Michiyo Aratama | First wife (segment Kurokami) |
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Misako Watanabe | Second Wife (segment Kurokami) |
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Rentaro Mikuni | Husband (segment Kurokami) |
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Kenjiro Ishiyama | Father (segment Kurokami) |
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Ranko Akagi | Mother (segment Kurokami) |
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Fumie Kitahara | (segment Kurokami) |
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Kappei Matsumoto | (segment Kurokami) |
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Yoshiko Ieda | (segment Kurokami) |
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Otome Tsukimiya | (segment Kurokami) |
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Kenzo Tanaka | (segment Kurokami) |
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Kiyoshi Nakano | (segment Kurokami) |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Mi nokichi (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Keiko Kishi | Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Yuko Mochizuki | Minokichi's mother (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Kin Sugai | Village woman (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Noriko Sengoku | Village woman (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Akiko Nomura | (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Torahiko Hamada | (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Jun Hamamura | (segment Yuki-Onna) |
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Katsuo Nakamura | Hoichi (segment Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi) |
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Tetsuro Tamba | Warrior (segment Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi) |
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Takashi Shimura | Head priest (segment Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi) |
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Yoichi Hayashi | Attendant (segment Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi) |
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Eiko Muramatsu | Kenreiinmon (segment Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi) |
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Kunie Tanaka | Yasaku (segment Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi) |
Crew
| Director | Masaki Kobayashi |
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| Writer | Yôko Mizuki, Lafcadio Hearn | |
| Producer | Takeshi Aikawa, Satoshi Kohinata, Minoru Tabata, Yoshishige Uchiyama, Shigeru Wakatsuki | |
| Musician | Tôru Takemitsu | |
| Photography | Yoshio Miyajima | |
Personal
| Quantity | 1 |
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| Added Date | Jul 02, 2019 21:20:49 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:57 |
Notes
Bought during the B&N summer sale 2019
SPECIAL FEATURES
New 2K digital restoration of director Masaki Kobayashi’s original cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince
Interview with Kobayashi from 1993, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
New interview with assistant director Kiyoshi Ogasawara
New piece about author Lafcadio Hearn, on whose versions of Japanese folktales Kwaidan is based
Trailers
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
New cover by Sean Freeman