Details - Four Star Movies

Title	Kwaidan -blu
Year	1964
Time	164 mins
Genre	Drama; Fantasy; Foreign; Horror; Romance; Science Fiction
Director	Masaki Kobayashi
Edition	Criterion Collection
Format	Blu-ray Disc
Actor	Takashi Shimura as Head priest; Tetsuro Tamba as Warrior; Tatsuya Nakadai as Mi nokichi; Katsuo Nakamura as Hoichi; Seiji Miyaguchi as Old man; Jun Hamamura; Kunie Tanaka as Yasaku; Kin Sugai as Village woman; Haruko Sugimura as Madame; Kei Sato as Ghost samurai; Tetsuro Tanba as Warrior; Rentaro Mikuni as Husband; Keiko Kishi as Yuki the Snow Maiden; Noriko Sengoku as Village woman; Kazuo Kitamura as Taira no Tomomori
Rating	NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
Language	English
Plot	Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning 'ghost story,' this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Producer	Shigeru Wakatsuki
Writer	Lafcadio Hearn; Yï¿½ko Mizuki
Subtitles	English