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Kwaidan Cast & Crew

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

PG-13 1965 · 3h 3m

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Audience

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Screenplay

Yōko Mizuki

Based on

Lafcadio Hearn

Producers

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Music

Tōru Takemitsu

Cinematography

Yoshio Miyajima

Editor

Hisashi Sagara

Costume design

Masahiro Katō

Full cast

75 cast members

Michiyo Aratama

First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Misako Watanabe

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Father (segment "The Black Hair")

Mother (segment "The Black Hair")

(segment "The Black Hair")

Kappei Matsumoto

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Otome Tsukimiya

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Yūko Mochizuki

Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

(segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)

(segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Katsuo Nakamura

Hoichi (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Takashi Shimura

Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Attendant (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Kenreiinmon (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Tomomori (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Ichirō Nakatani

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Masanori Tomotake

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Shizue Natsukawa

Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Makiko Kitashiro

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Masakazu Kuwayama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Huntsman #2 (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Benkei (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Ginzô Sekiguchi

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Hikaru Jinno

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Toshio Fukuhara

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kirô Abe

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Toshiro Yagi

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Yuri Satô

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Nobuo Aikawa

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Taiji Kodama

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Nobuaki Maeda

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Teruhiko Shibata

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Haruo Kaji

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Michio Gina

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Seiji Tabe

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Mitsuko Narita

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Noriko Mikura

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Michiko Nakahata

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kannai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Author / Narrator (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Haruko Sugimura

Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Shikibu Heinai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Seiji Miyaguchi

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Shigeru Kōyama

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Akiji Kobayashi

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Crew by department

36 crew members

Directing

Masaki Kobayashi

Naotake Satsumoto

Assistant Art Director

Yoshio Miyajima

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Writing

Production

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Production Supervisor

Yôichi Ukita

Production Supervisor

Camera

Toshiyuki Isobe

Assistant Camera

Yasuhiro Yoshioka

Still Photographer

Shôjirô Kamohara

Second Assistant Camera

Editing

Shigeyuki Sekine

Colorist

Junichirô Ôsaka

Assistant Editor

Sound

Hideo Nishizaki

Kuniharu Akiyama

Shigenosuke Okuyama

Kazutoshi Yagihashi

Sound Recordist

Masaharu Shioda

Sound Recordist

Music

Tōru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Art

Costume & Makeup

Shigeru Takagi

Makeup Artist

Costume Consultant

Other

Kinji Tsuruda

Musician

Tadanosuke Sumida

Researcher

Kiyoharu Matsuno

Set Designer

Tatsuo Hotta

Martial Arts Choreographer

Michiyoshi Takashima

Executive In Charge Of Production

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