Description |
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 90 |
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The classic collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 90.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio). |
Cast |
Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Rentaro Mikuni, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi, Katsuo Nakamura, Tetsuro Tanba, Kan'emon Nakamura, Osamu Takizawa, Haruko Sugimura. |
Credits |
Original story, Yakumo Koizumi (Lafcadio Hearn) ; director of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Toru Takemitsu. |
Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
Based on the writings of the folklorist Lafcadio Hearn. |
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DVD release of the 1965 motion picture. |
Summary |
Consists of four stories of the supernatural based on Japanese folk material. 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. |
Note |
Includes original theatrical trailer. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
Ghosts -- Drama.
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Ghosts -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Horror films.
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Fantasy films.
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Added Author |
Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-1987.
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Mizuki, Yoko, 1910-2003.
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Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1994.
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Aratama, Michiyo.
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Mikuni, Rentaro, 1923-2013.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
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Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
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Toho Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Note |
Title on container: Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan |
Added Title |
Kwaidan |
ISBN |
0780023552 |
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9780780023550 |
Standard No. |
037429152027 |
Music No. |
KWA020 Criterion Collection |
Standard No. |
NZ1 10508035 |
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