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Kwaidan

Horror Drama Fantasy

1965, Movie, 3h 3min

After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, 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. This version of KWAIDAN is the original three-hour cut, never before released in the United States.

Country: Japan

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Reviews

Critic Kim Newman

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This Japanese horror anthology is full of ravishing images...

Read full review at Empire

Michael Thomsen

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Japansk klassiker, en horror-antologi med 4 spøgelseshistorier. Ikke VOLDSOMT uhyggelig, men meget smuk og stemningsfuld. 3 timer lang, kan evt. ses over 2 dage, med 2 historier per dag.

3 years ago

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Kwaidan is a 1965 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on four folk tales from Lafcadio Hearn's book "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things". The film features four nightmarish tales about mortals caught up in forces beyond their comprehension when the supernatural world intervenes in their lives. The stories include "The Black Hair", "The Woman of the Snow", "Hoichi the Earless", and "In a Cup of Tea". The film has been praised for its originality, visual poetry, and exploration of the supernatural world, and has become a cult classic.

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