Kwaidan
  • Title: Kwaidan
  • Original Title: 怪談
  • Release Date: 06/01/1965
  • Tagline: In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
  • Duration:183 Min / 03:03
  • Country:JP
  • Genre:HorrorFantasyDrama

About Film

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.

Movie Rating: 7.7

Total Votes: 424

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7/10
I'm always a little daunted when I settle down in a cinema seat for a film that is 3 hours long - I fear the last glass of wine may have been one too many - but this simply flew by. It is a compendium of four different Japanese "poems" that deal with just about every emotion in the human panoply - love, hate, greed, joy, fear, envy, betrayal......