Kwaidan

Friday, October 15, 7:30 PM


Kwaidan. © Toho Company Ltd.



1965, 161 min., 35 mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Rentaro Mikuni, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi, Jun Hamamura. Print courtesy of Janus Films.

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish (Kwaidan was the most expensive film of its time), widescreen production is one of Masaki Kobayashi’s masterpieces.

Painterly, haunting, hypnotic, Kwaidan takes you to the far side of Zen and back.

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	EXHIBITION LECTURE Hear the Sound of One Hand: Reflections on the Art of Zen Master Hakuin Sat., October 2 at 1 PM
	PERFORMANCE Yoshi Oida Interrogations: Words of the Zen Masters Fri. & Sat., October 8 & 9 at 7:30 PM
	FILM Kwaidan Fri., October 15 at 7:30 PM
	LECTURE Field to Table: The Role of Vegetables in Japanese Diet Mon., October 25 at 6:30 PM