Kwaidan

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.

• Masaki KobayashiDirector
• Yōko MizukiScreenplay
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer

• Michiyo AratamaFirst Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
• Rentaro MikuniHusband (segment "The Black Hair")
• Misako WatanabeSecond Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
• Kenjirō IshiyamaFather (segment "The Black Hair")
• Ranko AkagiMother (segment "The Black Hair")
• Fumie Kitahara(segment "The Black Hair")
• Kappei Matsumoto(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
• Yoshiko Ieda(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
• Otome Tsukimiya(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
• Kenzō Tanaka(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
• Kiyoshi Nakano(segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
• Tatsuya NakadaiMinokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")