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Kwaidan.

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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...

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Other Authors: Kishi, Keiko (Actor), Mikuni, Rentarô (Actor), Nakadai, Tatsuya (Actor), Tanba, Tetsuro (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : The Criterion Collection, 1965.
Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Subjects:
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Foreign films.
Drama.
Motion pictures.
Horror films.
Feature films.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Film
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Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (183 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.