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Kaidan

Kaidan

1964Movie⏱️ 3h 3mNot Rated
DramaFantasyHorror
7.9
IMDB Rating
22,478 votes

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writers
Yôko Mizuki, Lafcadio Hearn
Stars
Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe
Release Date
November 22, 1965
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 5
Wins
🎯 3
Nominations
💬 128
Reviews
📋 45.7K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Rentarô Mikuni
Rentarô Mikuni
as Husband
Michiyo Aratama
Michiyo Aratama
as First wife
Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
as Second Wife
Kenjirô Ishiyama
Kenjirô Ishiyama
as Father
👤
Ranko Akagi
as Mother
Fumie Kitahara
Fumie Kitahara
👤
Kappei Matsumoto
👤
Yoshiko Ieda
Otome Tsukimiya
Otome Tsukimiya
👤
Kenzô Tanaka

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Filming Location
Japan
Production
Bungei Production Ninjin Club, Toho, Toyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

🏷️ Keywords

anthologysamuraipromiseghostmarriage

🎯 Categories

JapaneseFolk HorrorSupernatural HorrorDramaFantasyHorror

⭐ Featured Review

Style IS substance. Another masterpiece by Masaki Kobayashi.
by chaos-rampant2008-07-04

"Kwaidan is a four-segment horror anthology but you'd be hard pressed to find one more removed from the typical plastic bats and cobwebs Gothic anthologies of Amicus or Hammer. While it can be billed as a "horror" movie and it deals with the supernatural, it's not really frightening. All four segments are more like traditional Japanese folk legends about ghosts, the kind of spooky stories you could hear an elder narrating to kids around a bonfire in a village near Kyoto or the outskirts of Okinawa. However if "work of art" was a genre, Kwaidan would be among the be..."

💡 Did You Know?

The four vignettes were chosen to represent the four seasons of the year.

📖 Synopsis

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.