MMoCA Cinema • Kwaidan
October 30, 2026
7:00 pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State Street
Madison, WI, 53703
Overview
MMoCA Cinema • Kwaidan
Friday, October 30 • 7 PM • Lecture Hall
Kwaidan | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan | 1965 | 183 minutes
Just in time for Halloween, MMoCA Cinema will screen the 4K restoration of the original three-hour cut of Kwaidan. After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted. (Janus Films)
“It can still hold its own against the new generation of horror films still sourcing it.” Kim Newman, Empire Magazine.
About MMoCA Cinema
MMoCA Cinema is a program of MMoCA’s Education Department and is curated by James Kreul. MMoCA’s film programming is generously funded by maiahaus, Venture Investors, LLC, and a gift from an anonymous donor.