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Kwaidan / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; Ninjin Kurabu ; seisaku Wakatsuki Shigeru ; kyakuhon Mizuki Yōko ; kantoku Kobayashi Masaki.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionRSDL dual-layer ed.; widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio).
Publication Info[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2000, c1965.
Description1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Supplemental Content Credits from Internet Movie Database
Subject(s)
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904--Film adaptations.
Ghost plays.
Supernatural--Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Japan--Social life and customs --Drama.
Other author/creatorWakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-
Other author/creatorMizuki, Yōko, 1910-2003.
Other author/creatorKobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996
Other author/creatorAratama, Michiyo
Other author/creatorWatanabe, Misako, 1932-
Other author/creatorMikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013
Other author/creatorNakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
Other author/creatorKishi, Keiko
Other author/creatorNakamura, Katsuo.
Other author/creatorTanba, Tetsurō, 1922-2006.
Other author/creatorNakamura, Kanʾemon, 1901-1982.
Other author/creatorTakizawa, Osamu, 1906-2000.
Other author/creatorSugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997.
Other author/creatorMiyajima, Yoshio, 1909-1998.
Other author/creatorTakemitsu, Tōru
Other author/creatorHearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 Kwaidan.
Other author/creatorEhrenstein, David.
Other author/creatorTōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Other author/creatorNinjin Kurabu.
Variant title Title on container: Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan
Variant title Kaidan
Series Criterion collection ; 90
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 90. ^A506835
Contents Black hair -- Woman of the snow -- Hoichi, the earless -- In a cup of tea.
Abstract Consists of four stories of the supernatural based on Japanese folk material. In The black hair, a poor young samurai leaves his first wife to marry a rich woman. When he is unhappy in his second marriage, he returns to his first wife, who at first appears unchanged from when he last saw her. In The woman of the snow, a woodcutter is spared by a mysterious ghost-like woman in the snow, but must promise never to tell anyone what he has seen. In Hoichi, the earless, a blind musician-monk named Hoichi is commanded by a gathering of ghosts to sing the saga of their ancient deeds. The head monk paints Hoichi's body with prayer verses to protect him, but unfortunately overlooks Hoichi's ears. In In a cup of tea, a writer wonders what would happen to a person who drinks another's soul and finds out.
General noteBased on the writings of folklorist Lafcadio Hearn (aka: Yakumo Koizumi).
General noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
General note"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions" -- Container.
General noteSpecial features: original theatrical trailer (in Japanese with English subtitles); color bars.
General noteProgram notes on container insert include an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein.
CreditsDirector of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Tōru Takemitsu.
Performer Cast for Kurokami: Aratama Michiyo, Watanabe Misako, Mikuni Rentarō.
Performer Cast for Yuki-onna: Nakadai Tatsuya, Kishi Keiko.
Performer Cast for Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi: Nakamura Katsuo, Tanba Tetsurō.
Performer Cast for Chawan no naka: Nakamura Kan'emon, Takizawa Osamu, Sugimura Haruko.
Technical detailsDVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
LanguageIn Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Genre/formFeature films Japan.
Genre/formForeign language films Japanese.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formHorror films.
Genre/formFilm adaptations.
Genre/formDrama.
Genre/formFilm adaptations.
Other titleKurokami.
Other titleBlack hair.
Other titleYuki-onna.
Other titleWoman of the snow.
Other titleMimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi.
Other titleHoichi, the earless.
Other titleChawan no naka.
Other titleIn a cup of tea.
ISBN0780023552
ISBN9780780023550
UPC 037429152027
Publisher numberKWA020 Criterion Collection

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