Kwaidan (Original oversize photograph from the 1964 Japanese film)

Author: Masaki Kobayashi (director); Yoko Mizuki (screenwriter); Lafcadio Hearn (stories); Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentar Mikuni, Tetsur Tamba, Keiko Kishi (starring)
Title: Kwaidan (Original oversize photograph from the 1964 Japanese film)
Publication: N.p. N.p., Circa 1964

Description: Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1964 Japanese anthology film, showing actor Katsuo Nakamura in the film's third segment, "Miminashi H ichi no Hanashi" ("Hoichi the Earless"). Provenance stamps on the verso, as well as a stamp of the film's title.

Based on Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 collection of Japanese ghost tales, "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things." Nominated for an Academy Award and the Palme d'Or.

11 x 9 inches. Very Good, with wear on the finish, and light creases at the corners.

Criterion Collection 90. Eureka Masters of Cinema 228.

Seller ID: 158255

Subject: 1960s Cinema, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Mystery and Crime, Photographs, World Cinema



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