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22 November 1965 (USA) morePlot:
This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Beautiful supernatural Japanese film more (56 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michiyo Aratama | ... | First wife (segment "Kurokami") |
| Misako Watanabe | ... | Second Wife (segment "Kurokami") |
| Rentarô Mikuni | ... | Husband (segment "Kurokami") |
| Kenjiro Ishiyama | ... | Father (segment "Kurokami") (as Kenjirô Ishiyama) |
| Ranko Akagi | ... | Mother (segment "Kurokami") |
| Fumie Kitahara | ... | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Kappei Matsumoto | ... | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Yoshiko Ieda | ... | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Otome Tsukimiya | ... | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Kenzo Tanaka | ... | (segment "Kurokami") (as Kenzô Tanaka) |
| Kiyoshi Nakano | ... | (segment "Kurokami") |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
| Keiko Kishi | ... | Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
| Yûko Mochizuki | ... | Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
| Kin Sugai | ... | Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
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Ghost Stories (International: English title) (literal title) (USA)Hoichi the Earless
Kwaidan (USA)
Weird Tales
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
183 min | Argentina:162 min | Spain:182 min (25 fps) (DVD edition) | USA:125 min | Japan:161 min (cut version)Country:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Certification:
Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG (uncut version) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18Filming Locations:
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Four supernatural tales--all gorgeously filmed. "The Black Hair" is about a man who foolishly leaves his loving wife for a rich wife. He tries to return to her years later--but is it too late? "Woman of the Snow" (easily the scariest) involves a beautiful "vampire" woman who sucks the blood out of men caught in the snow. "Hoichi, the Earless" is the longest, most elaborate and dullest tale. Neat bloody ending though. "In a Cup of Tea" is very short and OK. The film is too long (165 min) and it is very slow at times (especially the "Hoichi" tale), and isn't really scary (except for the "Woman" one)...but it looks absolutely stunning. There's very little dialogue...the visuals tell the story. Quite simply, this contains the most incredible, beautiful wide-screen photography I've ever seen. That's the reason to see it. As for horror...well, there's very little blood, no gore, minimal violence, no sex, no nudity and predictable endings...this is an example of "quiet" horror. Still, worth watching--see it letter-boxed...DO NOT see it pan and scan!