JSNO’s Cinema Series will be showing "Kwaidan” on June 29th on JSNO’s discord server.
Link to the JSNO Discord server: https://discord.gg/tBtmSWe
We will be showing the movie for free, and we will also be hosting a chat channel while the movie is being played. After the movie is over, people will be able to stick around to discuss the movie if they wish.
We hope you join us!
Movie Summary:
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," [like our Kwaidan Book Club] this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai (Rentarô Mikuni) marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden (Keiko Kishi), but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi (Katsuo Nakamura) is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author (Osamu Takizawa) relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Release date: January 6, 1965 (Japan)
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
(Received a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes/8.0 of 10 on IMDb)
Here is a link to watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/Ig7EgcYQZ2c
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