Ghost Story 1964

This film is divided into four stories: "Black Hair" A samurai (played by Rentaro Mikuni) living in Kyoto was tired of the poor life. He abandoned his wife (played by Michiyo Shinju) and married a noble lady (played by Misako Watanabe). However, the coldness of his current wife made the samurai miss the tenderness and virtuousness of his ex-wife. He met his ex-wife again, but the result was unexpected; "Snow Girl" On a snowy day, a young man (played by Nakadai Tatsuya) met the beautiful snow girl (played by Keiko Kishi) on the mountain. The snow girl loves the young man and spares his life, but the young man is not allowed to tell outsiders about this encounter; in "The Story of Earless Hoichi", the blind monk Hoichi (played by Nakamura Kazuo) even appreciates the pipa playing and singing, but frequent contact with ghosts will inevitably damage his life. The elders in the temple decide to save Hoichi; "In the Tea Cup" samurai Kannai (played by Nakamura Saemon) When he was drinking tea, he found a stranger's face in the tea bowl. He broke the tea bowl, but attracted an uninvited guest. The film was adapted from the short story of the same name by Koizumi Yakumo and won the 1965 Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize and the 1966 Mainichi Film Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.