Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Osmosis Iron If you value visual style, good folk tales(of horror) and don't shy away from graphic scenes and unsettling themes, this movie needs to enter your watch list now! This collection of Japanese folk tales has been brought to life with sublime style! Everything from visuals, score, atmosphere and pacing is crafted stupendously to fit the story and maximize the impact each tale provides. I'd say the visuals alone are worth the watch, but the stories are also great! See for yourself, and be happy you didn't miss this gem!

melvelvit-1 Four tales of the supernatural drawn from Japanese folklore: in the first, an ambitious samurai returns to the wife he abandoned many years before only to find she hasn't aged in all that time; in the second, a beautiful vampire makes a young man promise never to mention an encounter they had or else; in the third, a blind balladeer has fans from beyond the grave; and in the last, there are reasons why some authors never complete their stories...Slow-moving and surreal, the hypnotically beautiful mis-en-scene kept me watching even if a couple of the stories weren't exactly riveting. My favorite was "The Woman Of The Snow" which was reworked in a segment of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE called "The Lover's Vow". Ironically, when KWAIDAN was released in the U.S. this segment (the best, IMO) was left out ...and folks still liked the film (even the NY Times' usually clueless Bosley Crowther). Nominated for an Oscar as "Best Foreign Film".

Luis Angel Gonzalez This film, directed by great Masaki Kobayashi, is divided into four majestically portrayed ancient Japanese horror tales. Although they might come as soft and bland by today's standards, due to the old special effects and year of the film, they may still inflict impact on you if you are into Japanese culture or you enjoy visual films in general. Furthermore, I believe this film was not meant to actually take the scary direction; it actually takes the art and visual one.I personally loved all four stories, but if there is one story that represents the whole atmosphere throughout the film, it is the third one. The third story includes as much Japanese customs and culture as the other ones, but this has that ghostly feeling to it that makes it stand out from the other tales. It concerns a blind lutenist, who is then invited to play for the lord of a clan that was tragically massacred at sea, and are now wandering in torment. Of course, Hoishi, the lutenist, is not aware he is playing for ghosts.If you are expecting to be scared in this film, it is definitely not for you. You will probably get bored, as this film is almost three hours long. On the other hand, if you have the patience to appreciate every frame of the pictures and movement of the camera, then you should give this film a try, I'm sure it will not disappoint you.My rating: 9/10

princebansal1982 I really don't like classic Hollywood horror movies, with their slow build ups and loud music mostly because I have seen many horror movies and I can predict what is going to happen in most cases which takes out the suspense and I hate the loud music of those movie. But this one is an exception. It helped a lot that it was a Japanese movie so everything still felt fresh. It is very atmospheric and cinematography is amazing. Though I sometimes wished that they had a bigger budget so that they could shoot some scenes on location rather than in a studio, the film really escapes the limits of budget. There are many surreal scenes which you cannot imagine being any better with bigger budget.Kwaidan is collection of four stories and as is the case for many of this type of films, I loved the first two stories much more than the last two. Third story runs a little long and some scenes are redundant. It may have been good pacing by standards of 1964 but now it seemed a little slow. Still a very good movie overall with some really good atmosphere. They have made a very creative use of available resources and the movie is not even a bit dated.