Kwaidan is a 1964 Japanese portmanteau film directed by Masaki Kobayashi; the title means ‘ghost story’. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn‘s collections of Japanese folk tales.The four narratives are ghost stories which are interconnected by two themes: the rotation of seasons and guilt. Kwaidan is an interesting film in that is offers a welcome relief from the barrage of recent J-Horror movies if, for nothing else, it allows a mood to be created as opposed to forcing one via action.