Kwaidan
1964 Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi
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Summary
Kwaidan is a film[1]. Kwaidan ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,849 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Masaki Kobayashi[3]
- Screenwriter: Yōko Mizuki[4]
- Composer: Tōru Takemitsu[5]
- Genre: horror film[6], fantasy film[7]
- Based on: Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things[8]
- Cast member: Tatsuya Nakadai[9], Takashi Shimura[10], Kei Satō[11], Rentarō Mikuni[12], Keiko Kishi[13], Michiyo Aratama[14], Misako Watanabe[15], Nakamura Ganjirō II[16], Haruko Sugimura[17], Katsuo Nakamura[18], Noriko Sengoku[19], Osamu Takizawa[20], Seiji Miyaguchi[21], Tetsurō Tamba[22]
- Production company: Toho[23]
- Director of photography: Yoshio Miyajima[24]
- Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[25]
- Commons category: Kwaïdan[26]
- Distribution format: video on demand[27]
- Review score: 91%[28], 7.8/10[29]
- Color: color[30]
- Country of origin: Japan[31]
- Publication date: December 29, 1964[32], January 6, 1965[33], July 15, 1965[34]
- Distributed by: Toho[35]
- Narrative location: Kyoto[36], Japan[37]
- Main subject: supernatural[38], spirit[39], Japanese folklore[40]
- Described by source: Korku Sineması Ansiklopedisi[41]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[42], International Submission to the Academy Awards[43]
- Title: 怪談[44]
- After a work by: Lafcadio Hearn[45]
- Duration: 183 minutes[46]
- Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1[47]
- Capital cost: 320,000,000 yen[48]
Why It Matters
Kwaidan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Kwaidan is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]