Japan, 1964
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Based on a collection of folktales by Lafcadio Hearn
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe
Approx. 183 min.

Rentarô Mikuni finds a skeleton at the feast when he adds a second wife; woodcutter Tatsuya Nakadai meets a strange woman in the snow; a blind biwa player gives a command performance for a spirit; an apparition appears in a cup of tea: four ghost stories by expat Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904). Kobayashi’s first color film, with an eerie score.