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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.

Date: 01/06/1965
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Michiyo Aratama, Rentaro Mikuni, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Ranko Akagi, Fumie Kitahara, Kappei Matsumoto, Yoshiko Ieda, Otome Tsukimiya, Kenzō Tanaka, Kiyoshi Nakano, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi, Yūko Mochizuki, Kin Sugai, Noriko Sengoku, Akiko Nomura, Torahiko Hamada, Jun Hamamura, Katsuo Nakamura, Tetsuro Tamba, Takashi Shimura, Yoichi Hayashi, Eiko Muramatsu, Kunie Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Ichirō Nakatani, Masanori Tomotake, Tokue Hanazawa, Shizue Natsukawa, Shin Tatsuoka, Makiko Kitashiro, Masakazu Kuwayama, Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru, Akira Tani, Yousuke Kondou, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Kinji Omino, Atsuo Nakamura, Ginzô Sekiguchi, Akio Miyabe, Gen'ya Nagai, Toru Uchida, Hikaru Jinno, Toshio Fukuhara, Kirô Abe, Toshiro Yagi, Yuriko Abe, Yuri Satô, Kyōichi Satō, Nobuo Aikawa, Taiji Kodama, Nobuaki Maeda, Teruhiko Shibata, Haruo Kaji, Michio Gina, Seiji Tabe, Mitsuko Narita, Noriko Mikura, Aiko Nagayama, Michiko Nakahata, Kan'emon Nakamura, Osamu Takizawa, Haruko Sugimura, Noboru Nakaya, Seiji Miyaguchi, Kei Satō, Shigeru Kōyama, Jun Tazaki, Junkichi Orimoto, Akiji Kobayashi, Yoshirō Aoki, Isao Tamagawa, Hideyo Amamoto, Ganjirō Nakamura II

Michiyo Aratama as First Wife (segment "The Black Hair") in Kwaidan Michiyo Aratama

Rentaro Mikuni as Husband (segment "The Black Hair") in Kwaidan Rentaro Mikuni

Misako Watanabe as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair") in Kwaidan Misako Watanabe

Kenjirō Ishiyama as Father (segment "The Black Hair") in Kwaidan Kenjirō Ishiyama

Ranko Akagi

Fumie Kitahara as (segment "The Black Hair") in Kwaidan Fumie Kitahara

Kappei Matsumoto

Yoshiko Ieda

Otome Tsukimiya as (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Otome Tsukimiya

Kenzō Tanaka

Kiyoshi Nakano

Tatsuya Nakadai as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow") in Kwaidan Tatsuya Nakadai

Keiko Kishi as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow") in Kwaidan Keiko Kishi

Yūko Mochizuki as Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow") in Kwaidan Yūko Mochizuki

Kin Sugai as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") in Kwaidan Kin Sugai

Noriko Sengoku as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") in Kwaidan Noriko Sengoku

Akiko Nomura as (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Akiko Nomura

Torahiko Hamada as (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Torahiko Hamada

Jun Hamamura as (segment "The Woman of the Snow") in Kwaidan Jun Hamamura

Katsuo Nakamura as Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Katsuo Nakamura

Tetsuro Tamba as Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Tetsuro Tamba

Takashi Shimura as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Takashi Shimura

Yoichi Hayashi as Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Yoichi Hayashi

Eiko Muramatsu as Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Eiko Muramatsu

Kunie Tanaka as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Kunie Tanaka

Kazuo Kitamura as Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless") in Kwaidan Kazuo Kitamura

Ichirō Nakatani as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Ichirō Nakatani

Masanori Tomotake

Tokue Hanazawa as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Tokue Hanazawa

Shizue Natsukawa as Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Shizue Natsukawa

Shin Tatsuoka

Makiko Kitashiro

Masakazu Kuwayama

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Akira Tani as Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Akira Tani

Yousuke Kondou as Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Yousuke Kondou

Kiyoshi Yamamoto as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Kinji Omino

Atsuo Nakamura as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Atsuo Nakamura

Ginzô Sekiguchi

Akio Miyabe

Gen'ya Nagai

Toru Uchida

Hikaru Jinno

Toshio Fukuhara

Kirô Abe

Toshiro Yagi

Yuriko Abe

Yuri Satô

Kyōichi Satō as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Kyōichi Satō

Nobuo Aikawa

Taiji Kodama

Nobuaki Maeda

Teruhiko Shibata

Haruo Kaji

Michio Gina

Seiji Tabe

Mitsuko Narita

Noriko Mikura

Aiko Nagayama as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Aiko Nagayama

Michiko Nakahata

Kan'emon Nakamura as Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Kan'emon Nakamura

Osamu Takizawa as Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Osamu Takizawa

Haruko Sugimura as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Haruko Sugimura

Noboru Nakaya as Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Noboru Nakaya

Seiji Miyaguchi as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Seiji Miyaguchi

Kei Satō as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Kei Satō

Shigeru Kōyama as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Shigeru Kōyama

Jun Tazaki as Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Jun Tazaki

Junkichi Orimoto as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Junkichi Orimoto

Akiji Kobayashi as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Akiji Kobayashi

Yoshirō Aoki as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Yoshirō Aoki

Isao Tamagawa as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Isao Tamagawa

Hideyo Amamoto as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited) in Kwaidan Hideyo Amamoto

Ganjirō Nakamura II as Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea") in Kwaidan Ganjirō Nakamura II

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