Kwaidan
Kwaidan
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Kwaidan (1964)

TV-14 (US) | Japan | Japanese | 183 min
Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
7.9

This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her. "The Woman in the Snow": Stranded in a snowstorm, a woodcutter meets an icy spirit in the form of a woman who spares his life on the condition that he never tell anyone about her. A decade later he forgets his promise. "Hoichi the Earless": Hoichi is a blind musician, living in a monastery who sings so well that a ghostly imperial court commands him to perform the epic ballad of their death battle for them. But the ghosts are draining away his life, and the monks set out to protect him by writing a holy mantra over his body to make him invisible to the ghosts. But they've forgotten something. "In a Cup of Tea": A writer tells the story of a man who keeps seeing a mysterious face reflected in his cup of tea.

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Awards

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Best Foreign Language Film

Nominated

Palme d'Or

Nominated

Release Date

Japan
(Toho Yurakuza)
1964-12-29
Japan
(limited)
1965-01-06
Japan
No data
1965-02-27
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Kwaidan
(Original title)
Kwaidan: Historias sobrenaturales
Argentina
Kwaidan
Australia
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Mild
Violence & Gore
Mild
Profanity
None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
None