183 mins |
Rated
PG (Violence)
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarō Mikuni, Tetsurō Tamba, Keiko Kishi, Michiyo Aratama
Catch this as part of our Boutique Retro Cinema's encore screenings playing on Mondays all through March!
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, KWAIDAN features four nightmarish tales adapted from Lafcadio Hearn’s classic Japanese ghost stories about mortals caught up in forces beyond their comprehension when the supernatural world intervenes in their lives: “The Black Hair”, “The Woman of the Snow”, “Hoichi the Earless”, and “In a Cup of Tea”.
Breathtakingly photographed entirely on hand-painted sets, the film is an abstract wash of luminescent colours from another world.
Screening the complete 183-minute original Japanese cut of Masaki Kobayashi’s masterpiece.
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Catch this as part of our Boutique Retro Cinema's encore screenings playing on Mondays all through March!
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, KWAIDAN features four nightmarish tales adapted from Lafcadio Hearn’s classic Japanese ghost stories about mortals caught up in forces beyond their comprehension when the supernatural world intervenes in their lives: “The Black Hair”, “The Woman of the Snow”, “Hoichi the Earless”, and “In a Cup of Tea”.
Breathtakingly photographed entirely on hand-painted sets, the film is an abstract wash of luminescent colours from another world.
Screening the complete 183-minute original Japanese cut of Masaki Kobayashi’s masterpiece.