Kwaidan = Kaidan
(Video)
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2000.
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Moab Library - Adult Audio-Visual
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2000.
Format
Video
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
jpn
UPC
037429152027
Notes
General Note
Based on the writings of folklorist Lafcadio Hearn (aka: Yakumo Koizumi).
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
General Note
"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions" -- Container.
General Note
Special features: original theatrical trailer (in Japanese with English subtitles); color bars.
General Note
Program notes on container insert include an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Tōru Takemitsu.
Participants/Performers
Cast for Kurokami: Aratama Michiyo, Watanabe Misako, Mikuni Rentarō.
Participants/Performers
Cast for Yuki-onna: Nakadai Tatsuya, Kishi Keiko.
Participants/Performers
Cast for Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi: Nakamura Katsuo, Tanba Tetsurō.
Participants/Performers
Cast for Chawan no naka: Nakamura Kanʼemon, Takizawa Osamu, Sugimura Haruko.
Description
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-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.
Description
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.
Description
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.
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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.
Description
In a cup of tea: A writer wonders what would happen to a person who drinks another's soul and finds out.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono. RSDL dual-layer ed.; widescreen format (2.35:1).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Home use only.
Language
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Winner Special Jury Prize, Cannes.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wakatsuki, S., Mizuki, Y., Kobayashi, M., Aratama, M., Watanabe, M., Mikuni, R., Nakadai, T., Kishi, K., Nakamura, K., Tanba, T., Nakamura, K., Takizawa, O., Sugimura, H., Miyajima, Y., Takemitsu, T., Hearn, L., & Ehrenstein, D. (2000). Kwaidan =: Kaidan (Two-DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shigeru Wakatsuki et al.. 2000. Kwaidan =: Kaidan. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shigeru Wakatsuki et al.. Kwaidan =: Kaidan Criterion Collection, 2000.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wakatsuki, Shigeru, et al. Kwaidan =: Kaidan Two-DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2000.
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