Kwaidan

Masaki Kobayashi (director)
Yoko Mizuki (screenwriter)
Lafcadio Hearn (stories)
Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentar Mikuni, Tetsur Tamba, Keiko Kishi (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1964. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1964 Japanese anthology film, showing actor Katsuo Nakamura in the film's third segment, "Miminashi H ichi no Hanashi" ("Hoichi the Earless"). Provenance stamps on the verso, as well as a stamp of the film's title.

Based on Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 collection of Japanese ghost tales, "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things." Nominated for an Academy Award and the Palme d'Or.

11 x 9 inches. Very Good, with wear on the finish, and light creases at the corners.

Criterion Collection 90. Eureka Masters of Cinema 228.


[Book #158255]