Kwaidan
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Director: Masaki Kobayashi Run Time: 167 min.
Format: 4K DCP
Release Year:
1965
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Kenjirō Ishiyama, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Ranko Akagi, Rentaro Mikuni
Just in time to launch Spooky Season, The Brattle is thrilled to be able to finally screen the full three-hour cut of Masaki Kobayashi’s 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. – adapted from notes by Janus Films
Format: 4K DCP
Release Year:
1965
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Kenjirō Ishiyama, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Ranko Akagi, Rentaro Mikuni
Just in time to launch Spooky Season, The Brattle is thrilled to be able to finally screen the full three-hour cut of Masaki Kobayashi’s 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. – adapted from notes by Janus Films
