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<i>Longing for days long past...</i>

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<i>seeking memories of a love lost...</i>

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<i>a man returns home.</i>

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BUT IN A PRESENT
BESET BY ILLUSION...

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THE PAST WREAKS
BITTER VENGEANCE

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<i>Like a wind blowing across the plains...</i>

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<i>like the gleaming white of snow,</i>

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<i>a woman longs to be loved
without being recognized.</i>

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BUT IT WAS A LOVE TOO INTENSE
FOR THE HUMAN WORLD

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<i>An eerie figure leads the way...</i>

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<i>and the strains of the</i> biwa
<i>awaken resting souls...</i>

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<i>and echo in a world
of water and flame.</i>

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IN THE PLACE

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WHERE LIFE AND DEATH MEET

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A BARD

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IS BORN

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<i>She held the infant emperor
in her arms</i>

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<i>In a tea bowl there suddenly appears</i>

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<i>the smiling face of a stranger,</i>

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<i>and a samurai is driven</i>

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<i>to irrational fear.</i>

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HAS THE WORLD

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GONE MAD?

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OR HAVE I?

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A DRAMA

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OF HUMAN PASSIONS

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GRAPPLING WITH

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DEMONS AND OBSESSIONS

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A WORK OF FANTASY
AND LYRICISM

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KWAIDAN

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<i>The essence
of the Japanese people</i>

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<i>that comes down to us
in an unbroken line</i>

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<i>through countless legends</i>

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<i>is here brought to life</i>

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<i>as a protest against
the chaos of the modern age.</i>

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TEN YEARS IN THE PLANNING

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A BUDGET OF 350,000,000 YEN

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OVER A YEAR OF FILMING

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FRESH AND DARING COLOR DESIGN

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EXTREMES OF PATHOS
AND OF THE SUBLIME

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A GRAND EPIC

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Directed by
MASAKI KOBAYASHI

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KWAIDAN

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TATSUYA NAKADAI, TETSURO TANBA
KATSUO NAKAMURA, YOICHI HAYASHI

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RENTARO MIKUNI, KEIKO KISHI
MISAKO WATANABE, MICHIYO ARATAMA

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OSAMU TAKIZAWA, NOBORU NAKAYA
SEIJI MIYAGUCHI, TAKASHI SHIMURA

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YUKO MOCHIZUKI, HARUKO SUGIMURA
KANEMON NAKAMURA

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<i>Are ghost stories
only in people's minds?</i>

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<i>Or out there in the world?</i>

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<i>Piercing through
the absurdity of human existence,</i>

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<i>and following
on his triumph with Harakiri,</i>

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<i>Masaki Kobayashi hurls
these questions at the world.</i>

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KWAIDAN

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Produced by SHIGERU WAKATSUKI
Original Stories by YAKUMO KOIZUMI

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Screenplay by YOKO MIZUKI
Cinematography by YOSHIO MIYAJIMA

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A NINJIN CLUB PRODUCTION

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KWAIDAN

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COMING SOON