Kaidan weaves together four supernatural tales from Lafcadio Hearn’s classic collection, which Masaki Kobayashi transforms into visions suspended between dream and nightmare. Premiered at Cannes in 1965, where it won the Special Jury Prize and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, the work reveals the visionary side of a director best known for ethically charged films such as The Human Condition and Harakiri, here creating a stylized universe that stands as a milestone of world cinema.