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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.
Day 16 of #31DaysofHorror continues the focus on Asian horror with ‘Kwaidan’ – Japanese ghost stories on HBO Max and Criterion Channel https://t.co/50cgalyUCE
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The four stories contained in Kwaidan, the massive 3-hour+ adaptation of Lafcadio Hearn’s folklore, do contain ghosts, spirits, and otherworldly vengeance. However, the ethereal pacing and imagery of Kwaidan are more likely to entrance than to frighten.
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[New Video] Kwaidan: A Filmic Venture into Uncanny Japan - with halloween right around the corner, what better way to get in a spooky mood than with four classic Japanese tales of hauntings and encounters with the otherworldly?
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Classic Horror Film Kwaidan is Moody and Surreal
Masaki Kobayashi’s 1965 horror anthology Kwaidan is not the type of movie you watch if you’re looking for hideous monsters or gallons of gore. It’s not even the kind of movie you watch if you want to be scared. It is, however, the kind of movie you watch if you’re looking to immerse yourself in atmosphere and masterful cinematography.
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