Kwaidan (1965)
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Kwaidan (怪談 Kaidan, lit. Ghost Stories) is a 1965 horror anthology film produced by Ninjin Club and distributed by Toho. The film is based on stories from author Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folklore stories, namely Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. It was released to Japanese theaters on January 6, 1965 and to American theaters on July 15 of the same year.
Plot
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"The Black Hair"
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"The Woman of the Snow"
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"Hoichi the Earless"
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"In a Cup of Tea"
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Staff
- Main article: Kwaidan/Credits.
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
- Written by Yoko Mizuki
- Based on stories from Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn
- Produced by Shigeru Wakatsuki
- Music by Toru Takemitsu
- Cinematography by Yoshio Miyajima
- Edited by Hisashi Sagara
- Production Design by Shigemasa Toda
- Assistant Directing by Takeshi Yoshida
Cast
"The Black Hair"Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
"The Woman of the Snow"
"In a Cup of Tea"
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"Hoichi the Earless"
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Appearances
Monsters
- Woman of the Snow
Gallery
- Main article: Kwaidan/Gallery.
Alternate Titles
- Ghost Stories (Literal Japanese title; Bulgarian title, Призрачни Истории; Greek DVD title, Istories Fantasmaton; Serbian title, Priče o Duhovima)
- Kwaidan: Supernatural Tales (Argentinian and Uruguayan title, Kwaidan: Historias Sobrenaturales)
- Kwaidan - The Four Faces of Fear (Brazilian title, Kwaidan - As Quatro Faces do Medo)
- Kwaidan - Ghost Stories (Italian title, Kwaidan - Storie di Fantasmi)
- The Beyond (Mexican and Spanish title, El Más Allá)
- Kwaidan, or Amazing Stories (Polish title, Kwaidan, czyli Niesamowite Historie)
- Kwaidan: Stories of the Mysterious and Terrible (Soviet title, Квайдан: Повествование о Загадочном и Ужасном)
Theatrical Releases
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- Japan - January 6, 1965 (roadshow); February 27, 1965 [view poster]
; November 29, 1982 (re-release) - United States - July 15, 1965
- France - July 28, 1965
- Mexico - June 3, 1966
- Spain - February 21, 1968 (Barcelona); May 13, 1968 (Madrid)
- Portugal - February 28, 1968
- Argentina - October 21, 1971
- Uruguay - September 6, 1974
- Finland - October 14, 1977
Awards
| Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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| 38th Kinema Junpo Awards | Best 10 | N/A | Won; 2nd place |
| 18th Cannes Film Festival | Special Jury Prize | N/A | Won |
| 38th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | N/A | Nominated |
Video Releases
Criterion DVD (2000)
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Subtitles: English
- Special Features: Japanese theatrical trailer
- Notes: Re-released on June 1, 2010.
Toho DVD (2003)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Special Features: Special report and theatrical trailers, "The Images of Kwaidan ~ The World Seen by Yakumo Koizumi" feature, "Color Design Drawings" image gallery, "Album of Director Masaki Kobayashi" image gallery, "The World of Kwaidan" image gallery
- Notes: Re-released on July 13, 2016 as part of the Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection.
Raro Video DVD (2009)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Subtitles: Italian
Criterion DVD/Blu-ray (2015)
- Region: A/1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Special Features: Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, interviews with Masaki Kobayashi and Kiyoshi Ogasawara, piece on Lafcadio Hearn, trailers, essay by Geoffrey O'Brien
Though Kwaidan is not available on Blu-ray in Japan, an HD version can be rented or purchased on the Japanese version of Amazon.
Videos
Trailers
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The Woman of the Snow / Oyuki
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The Woman of the Snow (雪女 Yukionna, lit. Snow Woman), living under the guise of a human woman named Oyuki (お雪 Oyuki), is a yokai used by Ninjin Club in the 1965 anthology film, Kwaidan.
Name
The Woman of the Snow is adapted from the Yukionna of Japanese folklore. Her name is a combination of the Japanese words yuki (雪), meaning snow, and onna (女), meaning woman or girl. The Woman's name is never spoken in Kwaidan, though it appears on the title card for the segment of the film in which she appears. The translation "Woman of the Snow" comes from the subtitles for the title card on the Criterion and Eureka releases of the film. The name she uses when in her human disguise, Oyuki (お雪), is a pun on her true identity, using the kanji 雪 (yuki), for snow. Her name is erroneously translated to simply "Yuki" by the Eureka subtitles.
Personality
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History
Showa Series
Kwaidan
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Abilities
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Gallery
- Main article: Woman of the Snow/Gallery.
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