Samenvattingen(1)
Director Masaki Kobayashi invested five years of preparation before shooting this anthological adaptation of four tales of the supernatural by Lafcadio Hearn. The first, "Black Hair," stars Rentaro Mikuni as a poverty-stricken samurai who leaves his kind wife (Michiyo Aratama) to marry the daughter (Misako Watanabe) of a wealthy official. After years of misery with this woman he returns to his first wife to find a bitter surprise. In the second, "The Woman of the Snow," a woodcutter (Tatsuya Nakadai) and his brother take shelter from a snowstorm in a deserted hut. However, trouble arises when a strange woman (Keiko Kishi) appears. The third, "Hoichi the Earless," features a blind temple musician (Katsuo Nakamura), who is known for his mastery of the ballad of the Heike clan. A samurai ghost bids him sing the ballad at the Heike tomb, and Buddhist priests protect him by painting his body with a depiction of the sacred text. In the last tale, "In a Cup of Tea," a samurai (Kanemon Nakamura) famed for courage, has a recurring vision of the face of another samurai in his tea. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Rentarô Mikuni
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Zatóiči gojótabi (1972)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
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Zatóiči abare himacuri (1970)
Nikudan (1968)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Kanemon Nakamura
Japan
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Takashi Shimura
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Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Reiko Mori
Japan
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Shichinin no samurai (1954)
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佐藤慶
Japan
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Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru (1966)
Bušidó zankoku monogatari (1963)
Haruko Sugimura
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Tókjó bošoku (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
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菅井きん
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Nikudan (1968)
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Mujô (1970)
Yūko Mochizuki
Japan
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Narajama bušikó (1958)
Kohajagawake no aki (1961)
Akage (1969)
Michiyo Aratama
Japan
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Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Ningen no jôken III (1961)
Ningen no jôken I (1959)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Early Summer (1951)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Katsuo Nakamura
Japan
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Shura (1971)
Ima, ai ni jukimasu (2004)
Fúrin kazan (1969)
Tetsurô Tamba
Japan
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Seppuku (1962)
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岸惠子
Japan
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Sóšun (1956)
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Jami no karjúdo (1979)
Kazuo Kitamura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Taijó o nusunda otoko (1979)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
田中邦衛
Japan
Beste films:
Zatóiči abare himacuri (1970)
Nikudan (1968)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
織本順吉
Japan
Beste films:
Ningen no jôken I (1959)
Sanbiki no samurai (1964)
Akódžó danzecu (1978)
Yoshirô Aoki
Japan
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Bušidó zankoku monogatari (1963)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
Seppuku (1962)
さとうきょういち
Japan
Beste films:
Sanbiki no samurai (1964)
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Kozure Ôkami: Meifumando (1973)
中村鴈治郎
Japan
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Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki (1960)
Kohajagawake no aki (1961)
Kaidan (1964)