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Kwaidan [1964] - Masaki Kobayashi, Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe (Blu-ray - 10/20/2015)

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Blu-ray. After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi (The Human Condition) 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.

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Product Details
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Nakadai
Directors: Masaki Kobayashi
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: October 20, 2015
Run Time: 183 minutes

Special Features
New audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince; Interview with Kobayashi from 1993, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda; New interview with assistant director Kiyoshi Ogasawara; New piece about author Lafcadio Hearn, on whose versions of Japanese folktales Kwaidan is based.; Trailers

Cast & Crew
Rentaro Mikuni Samurai
Michiyo Aratama First Wife
Misako Watanabe Second Wife
Keiko Kishi Actor
Tetsuro Tamba Michi
Tatsuya Nakadai Woodcutter
Katsuo Nakamura Hoichi
Ganemon Nakamura Kannai
Joichi Hayashi Yoshitsune
Noboru Nakaya Heinai
Ganjiro Nakamura Head Priest
Takashi Shimura Priest
Jun Tazaki Actor

Technical Credits
Masaki Kobayashi Director
Yoshio Miyajima Cinematographer
Yoko Mizuki Screenwriter
Hisashi Sagara Editor
Toru Takemitsu Score Composer
Shigemasa Toda Art Director
Shigeru Wakatsuki Producer

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