---
title: 'Kwaidan (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masaki Kobayashi'
released: '1964-12-29'
runtime_minutes: 183
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kwaidan-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058279/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kwaidan (1964)

1964 · 183 min · Fantasy, Horror · Japan

Original title: 怪談

## Synopsis

Kwaidan  is a 1964 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Masaki Kobayashi from a screenplay by Yoko Mizuki. It consists of four separate stories adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folktales, including two from his 1904 book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, the film's namesake. Set mostly in feudal Japan, the segments feature vengeful spirits enforcing moral retribution, while portraying the supernatural realm as largely indifferent to human suffering. The cast includes Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tamba, Yoichi Hayashi, Katsuo Nakamura, Rentarō Mikuni, and Keiko Kishi; no actors appear in more than one segment.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masaki Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaki-kobayashi)
- **Screenplay:** [Yōko Mizuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-mizuki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tōru Takemitsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yoshio Miyajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-miyajima)

## Cast

- [Noriko Sengoku](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-sengoku)
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-miyaguchi)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)
- [Katsuo Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsuo-nakamura)
- [Haruko Sugimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruko-sugimura)
- [Yūko Mochizuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-mochizuki)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Keiko Kishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-kishi)
- [Osamu Takizawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/osamu-takizawa)
- [Nakamura Ganjirō II](https://cinepixo.com/people/nakamura-ganjiro-ii)
- [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni)
- [Misako Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/misako-watanabe)
- [Kin Sugai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kin-sugai)
- [Michiyo Aratama](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiyo-aratama)

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