Kwaidan (film)
Kwaidan (Japanese: 怪談, Hepburn: Kaidan, lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales, mainly Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), for which it is named. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is an archaic transliteration of the term kaidan, meaning "ghost story". Receiving critical acclaim, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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| Kanji | 怪談 | ||||
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| Directed by | Masaki Kobayashi | ||||
| Screenplay by | Yoko Mizuki | ||||
| Based on | Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn | ||||
| Produced by | Shigeru Wakatsuki | ||||
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| Cinematography | Yoshio Miyajima | ||||
| Edited by | Hisashi Sagara | ||||
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu | ||||
Production company | Ninjin Club | ||||
| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 182 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Budget | ¥320 million | ||||
| Box office | ¥225 million | ||||
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