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Kaidan

  • 19641964
  • K-12K-12
  • 3h 3m
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7.9/10
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A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

IMDb RATING
7.9/10
18K
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POPULARITY
11,202
155
  • Director
    • Masaki Kobayashi
  • Writers
    • Yôko Mizuki(screenplay)
    • Lafcadio Hearn(novel)
  • Stars
    • Rentarô Mikuni
    • Michiyo Aratama
    • Misako Watanabe
Top credits
  • Director
    • Masaki Kobayashi
  • Writers
    • Yôko Mizuki(screenplay)
    • Lafcadio Hearn(novel)
  • Stars
    • Rentarô Mikuni
    • Michiyo Aratama
    • Misako Watanabe
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    • 102User reviews
    • 99Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Rentarô Mikuni
    Rentarô Mikuni
    • Husband (segment "Kurokami")
    Michiyo Aratama
    Michiyo Aratama
    • First wife (segment "Kurokami")
    Misako Watanabe
    Misako Watanabe
    • Second Wife (segment "Kurokami")
    Kenjirô Ishiyama
    Kenjirô Ishiyama
    • Father (segment "Kurokami")
    Ranko Akagi
    • Mother (segment "Kurokami")
    Fumie Kitahara
    Fumie Kitahara
    • (segment "Kurokami")
    Kappei Matsumoto
    • (segment "Kurokami")
    Yoshiko Ieda
    • (segment "Kurokami")
    Otome Tsukimiya
    Otome Tsukimiya
    • (segment "Kurokami")
    Kenzô Tanaka
    • (segment "Kurokami")
    Kiyoshi Nakano
    • (segment "Kurokami")
    Tatsuya Nakadai
    Tatsuya Nakadai
    • Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    Keiko Kishi
    Keiko Kishi
    • Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    Yûko Mochizuki
    Yûko Mochizuki
    • Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    Kin Sugai
    Kin Sugai
    • Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    Noriko Sengoku
    Noriko Sengoku
    • Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    Akiko Nomura
    • (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    Torahiko Hamada
    • (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    • Director
      • Masaki Kobayashi
    • Writers
      • Yôko Mizuki(screenplay)
      • Lafcadio Hearn(novel)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The four vignettes were chosen to represent the four seasons of the year.
    • Goofs
      At the end, a spotlight falls on a cup of tea on the floor, farther from other cutlery set items. Previously, the cup was lying right next to a wooden tea tray.
    • Quotes

      Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna"): Traveling alone. I'm a bit worried about you. People are not always kind. Especially to young girls. You must be careful, not to be deceived by bad men.

    • Alternate versions
      Originally a four-episode anthology released in Japan at 183 minutes. The USA version removes the second episode, starring Keiko Kishi and Tatsuya Nakadai, in order to shorten the running time to 125 minutes.
    • Connections
      Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)

    User reviews102

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    10/10
    Japanese Poems
    A man returns to his abandoned wife seeking forgiveness and pays for his cruelty. A snow demon and a young man make a pact. A blind priest is summoned by the ghosts of dead warriors to recite the heroic battle that cost them their lives. A samurai is taunted by ghosts in his cup of tea...

    Kobayashi's output has been small compared to his contemporaries' (Kurosawa, Ozu...) yet each of his films is an assault on the senses and a visual gem. After unleashing some of Japan's cinematic legends in two of the greatest samurai films ever made (Samurai Rebellion with Toshiro Mifune and the sublime Harakiri with Tatsuya Nakadai), the master moved on to the supernatural with this collection of ghost stories. Filming for the first time in color, Kobayashi wields it like few others before or since, blending spellbinding compositions together and giving us a film of a visual beauty that rivals the best of Kurosawa, Kubrick or Tarkovsky. The eerie feeling of dread is matched only by the film's sheer beauty and power, like watching a moving painting or experiencing a trance.

    Kwaidan is not entertaining: it is captivating, bewitching, unique even by it's author's standards. For movie-goers, this is a unique experience. For amateurs of art, it is a feast.

    Unmissable!
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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1977 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Kwaidan
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Bungei
      • Ninjin Club
      • Toho Company
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    • Budget
      • ¥350,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 3 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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