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Kwaidan: The Criterion Collection
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially 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. This version of Kwaidan is the original three-hour cut, never before released in the United States.
Details
- Length
- Rating NR
- Released:
- Added Sep 17 2015
- Production Year 1965
- Empire SKU 1755479
- UPC Code 715515158916
- Studio Criterion
- Packaging HD
- Number of Discs 1
- Disc SS-DL
- Subtitles English
Features
New 2K digital restoration of director Masaki Kobayashi's original cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince
Interview with Kobayashi form 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
New English subtitle translation
Plus: An essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien
Audio/Video
- Audio
Japanese Dolby Digital Mono
- Video
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color
Cast
- Yuko Mochizuki
- Tetsuro Tanba
- Katsuo Nakamura
- Jun Hamamura
- Keiko Kishi
- Misako Watanabe
- Michiyo Aratama
- Rentaro Mikuni
- Tatsuya Nakadai
Director
Categories
- Blu-ray
- Classics
- Criterion Collection
- Fantasy & Supernatural
- Horror
- International
- Japanese
- Movies
- Myths & Legends
- Special Editions
- Supernatural & Paranormal