Kwaidan

Kwaidan

怪談
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Consists of four stories of the supernatural based on Japanese folk material. In The black hair, a poor young samurai leaves his first wife to marry a rich woman. When he is unhappy in his second marriage, he returns to his first wife, who at first appears unchanged from when he last saw her. In The...

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Main Author: Takemitsu, Tōru (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Bungei Purodakushon Ninjin Kurabu
Other Authors: Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914- (Producer), Mizuki, Yōko, 1910-2003 (Screenwriter), Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996 (Director), Aratama, Michiyo (Actor), Watanabe, Misako, 1932- (Actor), Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013 (Actor), Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- (Actor), Kishi, Keiko (Actor), Nakamura, Katsuo (Actor), Tanba, Tetsurō, 1922-2006 (Actor), Nakamura, Kanʼemon, 1901-1982 (Actor), Takizawa, Osamu, 1906-2000 (Actor), Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997 (Actor), Miyajima, Yoshio, 1909-1998 (Cinematographer), Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904, Ehrenstein, David
Format: Unknown
Language:Japanese
English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2000, c1965
Edition:RSDL dual-layer ed.; widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio)
Series:Criterion collection ; 90
Subjects:
Hearn, Lafcadio, > 1850-1904 > Film adaptations
Ghost plays
Supernatural > Drama
Japan > Social life and customs > Drama
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Table of Contents:
  • Kurokami = The black hair
  • Yuki-onna = The woman of the snow
  • Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi = Hoichi, the earless
  • Chawan no naka = In a cup of tea

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