Kwaidan (film)

Kwaidan , Kaidan? , literally ghost stories is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearns collections of Japanese folk tales, mainly Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things, for which it is named. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is an archaic transliteration of Kaidan, meaning ghost story. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

One night while he sleeps, the second wife discovers that the swordsman not only married her to obtain her familys wealth, but also still longs for his old life in Kyoto with his exwife, and is furious. After lashing out at him for his ungrateful behavior, the second wife returns to her marriage chambers in humiliation. When he is told to go into the chambers to reconcile with her by a ladyinwaiting, the swordsman refuses, stating his intent to return home and reconcile with his true wife. He tells her that it is his foolish youth in being impoverished that made him marry his second wife. Admitting that he didnt love her, the swordsman tells the ladyinwaiting to inform her that their marriage is over and she can return to her family.After a few years, the swordsman returns to Kyoto and finds the house in a mess. He reconciles with his exwife, who refuses to let him punish himself. The wife understands he only divorced her so he can better support her. Before going to bed, the swordsman promises her that they wont have to worry about poverty anymore and he will never leave her side again. He wakes up the following day, finding that he had been sleeping next to the rotted corpse of his wife. The swordsman tries to escape only to find himself falling under the floor. His clothes are a mess and hes losing his hair possibly implying that the ghost of his devoted exwife intends to make the swordsman uphold his promise in not abandoning her again. ........

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