Kwaidan

Summary

Kwaidan is a film^[1]. Kwaidan ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (753 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kwaidan's instance of is recorded as film^[3].
• Kwaidan's director is recorded as Masaki Kobayashi^[4].
• Kwaidan's screenwriter is recorded as Yōko Mizuki^[5].
• Kwaidan's composer is recorded as Tōru Takemitsu^[6].
• Kwaidan's genre is recorded as horror film^[7].
• Kwaidan's genre is recorded as fantasy film^[8].
• Kwaidan's based on is recorded as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things^[9].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Tatsuya Nakadai^[10].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Takashi Shimura^[11].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Kei Satō^[12].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Rentarō Mikuni^[13].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Keiko Kishi^[14].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Michiyo Aratama^[15].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Misako Watanabe^[16].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Nakamura Ganjirō II^[17].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Haruko Sugimura^[18].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Katsuo Nakamura^[19].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Noriko Sengoku^[20].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Osamu Takizawa^[21].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Seiji Miyaguchi^[22].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Tetsurō Tamba^[23].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Yūko Mochizuki^[24].
• Kwaidan's cast member is recorded as Kin Sugai^[25].
• Kwaidan's production company is recorded as Toho^[26].
• Kwaidan's director of photography is recorded as Yoshio Miyajima^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Kwaidan's director is recorded as Masaki Kobayashi^[4]. Kwaidan's screenwriter is recorded as Yōko Mizuki^[5]. Cast members include Tatsuya Nakadai^[10], Takashi Shimura^[11], Kei Satō^[12], Rentarō Mikuni^[13], Keiko Kishi^[14], and Michiyo Aratama^[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1964-12-29T00:00:00Z^[28], +1965-01-06T00:00:00Z^[29], and +1965-07-15T00:00:00Z^[30]. Kwaidan's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese^[31]. Genres include horror film^[7] and fantasy film^[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include supernatural^[32], spirit^[33], and Japanese folklore^[34].

Reception

Reviews include 91%^[35] and 7.8/10^[36].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Kwaidan's after a work by is recorded as Lafcadio Hearn^[37].

Why It Matters

Kwaidan ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (753 views/month).^[2] Kwaidan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Kwaidan is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]