Film Screening of Kwaidan

After an introduction by Reed Hessler, we will be screening Kwaidan, a 1964 Japanese portmanteau film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. Kwaidan, meaning “ghost story,” is based on four stories from Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese folk tales. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination.