Kwaidan

Kwaidan

  • Director: Masaki Kobayashi
  • Writer: Yôko Mizuki,Lafcadio Hearn
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: November 22, 1965
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Ghost Stories
  • "Kaidan" is a fantasy horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi and starringみくにれんたろう, Tatsuya Nakadai , Keiko Kishi , Nakamura Kazuo, and Nakamura Ayemon .
    The film is adapted from four short ghost stories by KOIZUMI YAKUMO : "Black Hair" tells the story of a Kyoto samurai who abandoned his wife and children in order to escape poverty, and was then stalked by his wife's black hair; "Snow Girl" tells the story of a young lumberjack who can spit out The story of the snow girl who kills with the white breath; "No-Ear Fangichi" tells the story of the blind pipa teacher Fangichi, who specializes in Heike Monogatari, and loses his ears when he encounters a ghost; "In the Tea Bowl" tells the story of the samurai Guannai who drank the figure in the bowl. Strange experience coming to visit by many samurai   . The film was released in Japan on December 29, 1964.

    Details

    • Release date November 22, 1965
    • Filming locations Japan
    • Production companies Bungei, Ninjin Club, Toho Company

    Box office

    Budget

    ¥350,000,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Doris 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      Even weird stories are like prose poems

      There are four stories, the first story is a little dull, the second story "Snow Girl" is very romantic, and the third story plays the pipa to tell history, did it inspire Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" Guqin battle? The Last Story The last shot is kind of scary.

      It seems that Japanese women were beautiful with black teeth at a certain period, and Thailand was also at that time, and both men and women were black teeth. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" has the black-toothed tribe I...

    • By Lois 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      Shiya

      The movie makes my biggest regret is that the bone girl has become a vengeful spirit! When I read the strange story earlier, what moved me the most was the unswerving love of the samurai wife, which brought tears to my eyes. After the samurai came back disappointed and regretful, the dead wife could not help but sighed that it was short-lived, but still did not forget to bring a bowl of hot porridge to her husband, and took good care of her husband for the last time. It is abhorrent for a...

    • By Christelle 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      nonsense

      "Strange Talk", I had no sympathy for Kobayashi Masaki before, although he was Keisuke Kinoshita's apprentice, maybe it was because of his disgust with the title of "Cut the Belly". After watching the CC repaired version and the tidbits on and off for a week, I really enjoyed the world of light and shadow brought by these 18 yuan two discs. Akira Kurosawa's "Dream" should be influenced by this one. Toru Takemitsu's music is amazing again. The last time was the Edict Kawara Hiroshi trilogy....

    • By Brain 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      ghost psychology

      Brunette:

      It seems that there are many stories in China and Japan about samurai and scholars who yearn for the upper class life and abandon their wives to marry the daughters of big families;

      The warriors and scholars here are in a special social class, with a certain status and the potential to enter the upper-class life, but if there is no way to find a way, it is very likely that their life will be ordinary. Therefore, many people who are unwilling to be mediocre go to find a...

    • By Clarissa 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      The dazzling and enchanting Japanese Liaozhai Zhiyi

      Just one strange story left a deep influence on the director Kobayashi Masaki.

      The film is based on a short story written by Italian Koizumi Yakumo. Although the original work is also touted as Japan's Liaozhai Zhiyi, I personally think that there are only a few works that have reached the level of Mr. Pu Songling, that is, Bone Girl, Snow Girl, Peony Lantern and Wuerfangyi. But my personal favorites are the Bone Girl and Wu Erfang.

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    • By Salma 2023-09-06 19:58:39

      The soundtrack of Wu Manche, the first-class prop art, is praised. Compared with the domestic ancient costumes, it is simply...

    • By Rickey 2023-09-05 16:40:35

      Unexpectedly stunning, not like a long time movie at all. The story is carefully deconstructed, the scenery is detailed, the photography composition is beautiful, and the music is also the finishing touch. Silent and sad, weird and bizarre but straight to the heart, [Black Hair] The clip of the samurai getting old is amazing; [Snow Girl] The beautiful scene is unforgettable; The "plot" is fascinating; [Bowl] uses banter to dilute the feel of a horror...

    • By Neva 2023-07-20 09:09:05

      8\10__The narrative and presentation strategies of Orientalism. You can glimpse the appearance of Japanese traditional culture, but it is impossible to...

    • By Eliza 2023-05-17 12:43:13

      The horror is not in the plot, and the slowly advancing shots create a good atmosphere. Typical Japanese...

    • By Donna 2023-04-20 04:21:32

      I watched it in the middle of the night and thought it was a horror movie. The setting really...

    Movie plot

    "Black Hair"
    In ancient times, there was a samurai in Kyoto (みくにれんたろう) who abandoned his wife, traveled far away, and got married again. The second wife does not understand love and is willful. The samurai missed his old wife and returned to Kyoto. His wife has been waiting for him. He told his wife that he fell asleep. When he woke up the next day, he found that he was not sleeping beside his wife, but a pile of bones. At this moment,...
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    The filming of "Kaidan" was done in a studio, but the stage effect is very consistent with the characteristics of the Japanese folk stage art Kabuki, or it is more appropriate to say that the filmed Kabuki is more appropriate, and the narration form of the film is even more suitable. Kabuki style. Like the snowstorm scene in "Snow Maiden" and the beautiful scene where the Snow Maiden turns into a virtuous woman in the village, it is an...
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