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Kwaidan (Japanese: 怪談, Hepburn: Kaidan, lit. ' Ghost Stories ' ) is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi . It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn 's collections of Japanese folk tales , mainly Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), for which it is named.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan, also Kwaidan (archaic)), often shortened to Kwaidan ("ghost story"), is a 1904 book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. [1] It was later used as the basis for a 1964 film, Kwaidan, by Masaki Kobayashi. [2]
Kaidan entered the vernacular during the Edo period, when a parlour game called Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai became popular. This game led to a demand for ghost stories and folktales to be gathered from all parts of Japan and China.The popularity of the game, as well as the acquisition of a printing press, led to the creation of a literary genre called kaidanshu.
Kaidan is a Japanese ghost story or horror story.. Kaidan or Kwaidan may also refer to: . Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, 1904 book by Lafcadio Hearn . Kwaidan, a 1964 Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi based on the Hearn book
怪談 (meaning ghost story) may refer to: . The Unbelievable (1996 TV series) Hong Kong TV show about the paranormal and supernatural in East Asia; Kaidan (kwaidan) generally ghost story or horror story; restrictedly, traditional Japanese ghost stories and supernatural tales
It takes place, “nearly five hundred years ago”. Considering Kwaidan was first published in 1904, the story is most likely from the Muromachi Period in Japanese history (c.1336-1573). The protagonist is said in the tale to have served well in the Eikyō War, which took place in 1438, during the Muromachi period.
There is a loose theme throughout the series of the "Thriller Restaurant", which is introduced in the first episode. The remainder of the series is a collection of ghost stories reminiscent of the Scary Stories anthology and Kwaidan. Each episode is broken up into three "dishes", namely the Appetizer, the Main Dish, and the Dessert.
The Snow Woman (Japanese: 怪談雪女郎, Hepburn: Kaidan Yukijorō, lit. ' Ghost Story of the Snow Woman ') is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film.