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Rating: 7.5 stars

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TCM Japan

All movies seen on 01/17/2011

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The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Horror

Overview

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.

Length 77 minutes

Actors

Shigeru Amachi | Noriko Kitazawa | Katsuko Wakasugi | Shuntarô Emi | Ryûzaburô Nakamura | Junko Ikeuchi | Jun Ôtomo | Hiroshi Hayashi | Shinjirô Asano | Arata Shibata | Kikuko Hanaoka | Hiroshi Sugi | Yôzô Takamura | Nagamasa Yamada | Hiroshi Izumida | Koji Hirose | Hiroshi Tsukiji | Midori Chikuma

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

featured on TCM Underground as part of a Nobuo Nakagawa double feature with Jigoku. As a big fan of his Okatsu films was glad to have caught this. Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan follows the tale of a ronin that murders the father of a woman he wants to marry. They eventually marry but he becomes unhappy of his boring life and decides to commit the most heinous of acts. The result is a horrifying display of ghost terror that is remarkable given the year this was made. Really great watch.

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