Directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Kwaidan (1964) is a breathtakingly beautiful anthology of ghost stories, often cited as one of the most visually stunning films ever made. Unlike the “jumper-scare” horror of modern cinema, Kwaidan—which translates to “Ghost Stories”—is a work of deliberate, poetic, and eerie atmosphere based on the folk tales collected by Lafcadio Hearn.