고이즈미 야쿠모의 괴기담 중에서 4편의 에피소드를 영상으로 옮긴 옴니버스 영화. 출세를 위해 아내를 버리고 떠났던 무사(‘흑발’), 눈보라 속에서 설녀를 만나 목숨을 건진 청년(‘설녀’), 귀신을 피하기 위해 불경을 몸에 써넣는 맹인 악사(‘귀 없는 호이치’), 찻잔 속에서 기묘한 얼굴을 본 무사(‘찻잔 속’)의 이야기가 오싹한 공포와 함께 펼쳐진다. 환상적인 색채와 표현적인 세트를 이용한 뛰어난 미술과 촬영이 돋보이며, 다케미쓰 도루의 실험적인 음악 또한 탁월하다. 에 이어 두 번째로 칸영화제 심사위원특별상을 수상했다.
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Michiyo Aratama
First wife (segment "Kurokami")
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Misako Watanabe
Second Wife (segment "Kurokami")
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Rentaro Mikuni
Husband (segment "Kurokami")
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Kenjirō Ishiyama
Father (segment "Kurokami")
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Fumie Kitahara
(segment "Kurokami") (uncredited)
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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Keiko Kishi
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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Yūko Mochizuki
Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
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Noriko Sengoku
Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
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Jun Hamamura
(segment "Yuki-Onna") (uncredited)
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Katsuo Nakamura
Hoichi (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Tetsurō Tamba
Warrior (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Takashi Shimura
Head priest (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Yoichi Hayashi
Attendant (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Eiko Muramatsu
Kenreiinmon (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kunie Tanaka
Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kazuo Kitamura
Taira no Tomomori (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
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Kyôichi Satô
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
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Shizue Natsukawa
Taira no Tokiko (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
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Akira Tani
Huntsman #2 (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
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Kan'emon Nakamura
Kannai - a Guard (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Osamu Takizawa
Author / Narrator (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Haruko Sugimura
Madame (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Noboru Nakaya
Shikibu Heinai (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Old man (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
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Kei Satō
Ghost samurai (segment "Chawan no naka")
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Hideyo Amamoto
(segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
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Jun Tazaki
Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
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Ganjirô Nakamura II
Publisher (segment "Chawan no naka")
