• Kwaidan (Japanese: 怪談, Hepburn: Kaidan, lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on stories...
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  • Kaidan (redirect from Kwaidan)
    Kaidan (怪談, sometimes transliterated kwaidan) is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (kai) meaning "strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparition"...
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    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan, also Kwaidan (archaic)), often shortened to Kwaidan ("ghost story"), is a 1904 book by Lafcadio...
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    Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967), and the horror anthology Kwaidan (1964). Senses of Cinema described him as "one of the finest depicters...
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  • for The Human Condition Trilogy, the Academy Award–nominated horror film Kwaidan and the jidaigeki films Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion. mubi. "Masaki Kobayashi...
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  • the Meiji period, which were known as kaidan (sometimes transliterated kwaidan; literally meaning "strange story"). Elements of these popular folktales...
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  • (1963) Countersex (1964) My Wife (1964) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) Kwaidan (1964) Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965) Le bambole (1965)...
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    pp. 31–33 and passim. ISBN 978-0-85115-446-6. Hearn, Lafcadio (1904). Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-21901-1....
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    sur Paris (2010, Kwaidan) Athol-Brose EP (2016, Kwaidan, digital only) I Could Be Happy (2016, Kwaidan) Algo Familiar EP (2017, Kwaidan, digital only) Should...
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    rest of their lives. The presentation of Mt. Hōrai in Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things differs from the earlier Chinese...
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    of the Japanese metal band Sigh's album Hail Horror Hail. According to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, a butterfly...
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    Saegusa Spy Sorge (2003) – Yoshiko Yamazaki The Last Samurai (2003) – Taka Kwaidan: Eternal Love (2004) – O-Iwa Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) – Hiromi...
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    short story relating to the above legends, found in Lafcadio Hearn's book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Mujina-no-yu is an onsen facility...
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    ruled by warriors and shōguns instead of aristocrats and emperors. In Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, the writer, Lafcadio Hearn, references...
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  • Asia Kaidan (kwaidan) generally ghost story or horror story; restrictedly, traditional Japanese ghost stories and supernatural tales Kwaidan (film), 1964...
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    Japan’s Military, 500–1300. Brill. pp. 136–137. Hearn, Lafcadio (1904). Kwaidan p. 184. ご祭神/由緒/ご利益 (in Japanese). Mikubi Shrine. Archived from the original...
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  • horror story. Kaidan or Kwaidan may also refer to: Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, 1904 book by Lafcadio Hearn Kwaidan (film), a 1964 Japanese...
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    unusual. Lafcadio Hearn's collection of Japanese ghost stories entitled Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things includes stories of yūrei and yōkai...
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  • needed] Novö Piano, Cyrin's second album, was released in 2009 through Kwaidan Records and produced by Marc Collin of Nouvelle Vague. It contains cover...
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    appeared in the book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. A version of this story appears in the film Kwaidan, as well as the...
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  • made famous outside Japan by Lafcadio Hearn's translation of the story in Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. The story is said to bring together...
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    1525/ahu.2006.31.2.124. Bunson 1993, pp. 137–138. Hearn, Lafcadio (1903). Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company...
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  • (38th) 0 1 Fortress of Peace 1965 (38th) 0 1 In Harm's Way 1965 (38th) 0 1 Kwaidan 1965 (38th) 0 1 Let My People Go: The Story of Israel 1965 (38th) 0 1 Mural...
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  • adaptation of the Yuki-onna short story as it appeared in the 1904 collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. In the midst...
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    starred as the lead character Kaji, plus Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan. Nakadai worked with some of Japan's best-known filmmakers—starring or...
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    blend into the snowy landscape (as famously described in Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things). She often wears a white kimono...
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    culture, especially his collections of legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Before moving to Japan and becoming...
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    original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2016. Hearn, Lafcadio (1904). Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-21901-1....
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  • Jikininki (食人鬼, "human-eating ghosts") appear in Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904) as corpse-eating spirits. In Japanese...
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  • separating itself from other Japanese horror films of the era such as Kwaidan or Onibaba due to its graphic imagery of torment in Hell. It has gained...
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