Kwaidan

Jan 6, 1965

3h 3m

★ 7.7

In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."

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 perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

Genres

Horror

Fantasy

Drama

Production Companies

Ninjin Club

TOHO

Kwaidan Trailers

Cast

First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Michiyo Aratama

Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Rentaro Mikuni

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Misako Watanabe

Father (segment "The Black Hair")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

Ranko Akagi

(segment "The Black Hair")

Fumie Kitahara

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kappei Matsumoto

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Yoshiko Ieda

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Otome Tsukimiya

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kenzō Tanaka

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Nakano

Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Tatsuya Nakadai

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.

7.4

Motherhood

Nov 23, 2022

Sayaka, a high school student, kills herself but the reason behind her suicide is unknown. She appeared to have led a normal life with her family. Her mother Rumiko seemed to have raised Sayaka with love and care. In reality, that does not seem to be the case. When the mother and daughter recall the same incidents that took place in the past, they tell very different stories.

7.6

The Sicilian Clan

Dec 5, 1969

An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

6.8

The Sisters Brothers

Sep 19, 2018

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

0.0

The Road

Jun 17, 1964

The road through the wood is said to be haunted; but are the ghosts from the past or the future?

7.4

Cold War

Jun 8, 2018

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

7.1

Seabiscuit

Jul 22, 2003

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

7.4

Legends of the Fall

Dec 23, 1994

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

7.2

Les Misérables

Dec 27, 1978

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

7.7

Jean de Florette

Aug 27, 1986

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.

7.6

Manon of the Spring

Nov 19, 1986

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.

6.7

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Sep 9, 2007

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.

6.9

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Oct 31, 1975

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

7.1

A Tale of Two Sisters

Jun 13, 2003

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

7.6

Orpheus

Sep 29, 1950

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.

5.5

The Story of O

Aug 27, 1975

The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion...

7.4

The Children's Train

Oct 21, 2024

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.

4.0

Dangerous Paradise

Feb 13, 1930

Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...