Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 183 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- story teller
- snowstorm
- tea
- promise
- snow
- blind
- spirit
- vengeful ghost
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Michiyo Aratama
First Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Rentaro Mikuni
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Misako Watanabe
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Father (segment "The Black Hair")
- Ranko Akagi — Mother (segment "The Black Hair")
- Fumie Kitahara — (segment "The Black Hair")
- Kappei Matsumoto — (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
- Yoshiko Ieda — (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
- Otome Tsukimiya — (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
- Kenzō Tanaka — (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
- Kiyoshi Nakano — (segment "The Black Hair") (uncredited)
- Tatsuya Nakadai — Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- Keiko Kishi — Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- Yūko Mochizuki — Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- Kin Sugai — Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- Directed
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Written
- Yōko Mizuki
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 459 ratings
- Studio
- Ninjin Club, TOHO
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