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怪談 / Janus Films ; 東宝株式会社 ; にんじんくらぶ ; 製作若槻繁 ; 脚本水木洋子 ; 監督小林正樹. / Kwaidan / Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; Ninjin Kurabu ; seisaku Wakatsuki Shigeru ; kyakuhon Mizuki Yōko ; kantoku Kobayashi Masaki = Janus Films ; Toho Scope ; a Ninjin Club production ; produced by Wakatsuki Shigeru ; screenplay by Mizuki Yoko ; directed by Kobayashi Masaki.

Two-DVD special edition.

widescreen (2.35:1) 24 fps

[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2015]

2 videodiscs (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video Region 1

"A rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted." -- from container.

After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted. 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.

Criterion collection ; 90

Criterion collection ; 90.

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 -- Film adaptations.

Ghost plays.

Apparitions -- Drama.

Supernatural -- Drama.

Japan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

小林正樹, 1916-1996, film director, interviewee (expression) / Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996, film director, interviewee (expression)

若槻繁, 1914- film producer. / Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-1987 film producer.

水木洋子, 1910-2003, screenwriter. / Mizuki, Yōko, 1910-2003, screenwriter.

新珠三千代, actor. / Aratama, Michiyo, actor.

渡辺美佐子, 1932- actor. / Watanabe, Misako, 1932- actor.

三国連太郎, 1923-2013, actor. / Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013, actor. / Ishiyama, Kenjirô, 1903- actor. / Akagi, Ranko, 1914-1973, actor.

仲代達矢, 1932- actor. / Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor.

岸恵子, actor. / Kishi, Keiko, actor.

望月優子, 1917-1977, actor. / Mochizuki, Yuko, 1917-1977, actor.

中村賀津雄, actor. / Nakamura, Katsuo, actor.

丹波哲郎, 1922-2006, actor. / Tanba, Tetsurō, 1922-2006, actor.

志村乔, 1905-1982, actor. / Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.

林与一, 1942- actor. / Hayashi, Yoichi, 1942- actor.

村松英子, 1938- actor. / Muramatsu, Eiko, 1938- actor.

田中邦衛, 1932- actor. / Tanaka, Kunie, 1932- actor. / Tomotake, Masanori, actor. / Hanazawa, Tokue, 1911-2001, actor.

中村翫右衛門, 1901-1982, actor. / Nakamura, Kanʼemon, 1901-1982, actor.

滝沢修, 1906-2000, actor. / Takizawa, Osamu, 1906-2000, actor.

杉村春子, 1909-1997, actor. / Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997, actor.

中村贋治郎, 1902-1983, actor. / Nakamura, Ganjirō, 1902-1983, actor. / Nakaya, Noboru, 1929-2006, actor.

宮口精二, 1913-1985, actor. / Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985, actor.

佐藤慶, 1928-2010, actor. / Satō, Kei, 1928-2010, actor.

奈良岡朋子, 1929- actor. / Naraoka, Tomoko, 1929-2023 actor.

宮島義勇, 1909-1998, director of photography. / Miyajima, Yoshio, 1909-1998, director of photography.

武満徹, composer (expression) / Takemitsu, Tōru, composer (expression) / Toda, Shigemasa, 1928-1987, production designer. / Sagara, Hisashi, editor of moving image work. / Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020 commentator.

福田善之, 1931- interviewer (expression) / Shinoda, Masahiro, 1931- interviewer (expression)

小笠原淸, 1936- assistant director, interviewee (expression) / Ogasawara, Kiyoshi, 1936- assistant director, interviewee (expression) / Benfey, Christopher E. G., 1954- filmmaker. / O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- writer of supplementary textual content.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. 怪談. / Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Kwaidan. / Janus Films, production company.

東宝株式会社, production company. / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.

にんじんくらぶ, production company. / Bungei Purodakushon Ninjin Kurabu, production company. / Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

Title on container: Kwaidan : a film by Masaki Kobayashi

Kaidan

Based on the writings of folklorist Lafcadio Hearn (aka: Yakumo Koizumi).

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.

Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features film scholar Stephen Prince). Disc 2: Masaki Kobayashi (conversation between director Kobayashi and filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda about the making of the film in 1993); Kiyoshi Ogasawara (assistant director Ogasawara discusses working with director Kobayashi and the original version of the film); Lafcadio Hearn (English literature scholar Christopher Benfey, profiles Lafcadio Hearn who played a crucial role in popularizing Japanese folklore for Western audiences, his stories providing the basis for the film); Trailers. Insert includes an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.

Director of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; music, Tōru Takemitsu ; production designer, Shigemasa Toda ; editor, Hisashi Sagara.

黒髪: 新珠三千代, 渡辺美佐子, 三国連太郎. / Kurokami: Aratama Michiyo, Watanabe Misako, Mikuni Rentarō, Ishiyama Kenjiro, Akagi Ranko.

雪女: 仲代達矢, 岸恵子. / Yuki-onna: Nakadai Tatsuya, Kishi Keiko, Mochizuki Yuko.

耳無し芳一の話: 中村賀津雄, 丹波哲郎. / Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi: Nakamura Katsuo, Tanba Tetsurō, Shimura Takashi, Hayashi Yoichi, Muramatsu Eiko, Tanaka Kunie, Tomotake Masanori, Hanazawa Tokue.

茶碗の中: 中村翫右衛門, 滝沢修, 杉村春子. / Chawan no naka: Nakamura Kan'emon, Takizawa Osamu, Sugimura Haruko, Nakamura Ganjiro, Nakaya Noboru, Miyaguchi Seiji, Sato Kei, Naraoka Tomoko. / DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural sound. / In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Kurokami = Black hair -- Yuki-onna = Woman of the snow -- Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi = Hoichi, the earless -- Chawan no naka = In a cup of tea.

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