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Kuroneko
Why this pick
Like Kwaidan, this is an exquisitely composed Japanese ghost anthology steeped in period detail, mournful folklore, and a slow-building supernatural chill.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1964 3h 3m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Kwaidan
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Ugetsu
Why this pick
Its poetic black-and-white imagery and spectral period atmosphere closely echo Kwaidan’s elegant blend of human longing, moral unease, and otherworldly terror.
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Onibaba
Why this pick
A stark, tactile folktale of desire and dread, using windswept landscapes, stylised sound, and measured tension rather than conventional shocks.
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The Ghost of Yotsuya
Why this pick
A vivid classic kaidan adaptation whose theatrical colour, doomed romance, and patient accumulation of uncanny imagery make it a natural companion.
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Woman in the Dunes
Why this pick
It trades ghosts for existential nightmare, but shares Kwaidan’s sculptural visuals, deliberate pacing, spare dialogue, and entrancing sense of ritualised menace.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
===The Black Hair===
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Fumie Kitahara
(segment "Kurokami")
Atsuo Nakamura
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
Junkichi Orimoto
(segment "Chawan no naka")
Akiji Kobayashi
(segment "Chawan no naka")
Tetsurō Tamba
Warrior (segment