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Shogun's Harem: The Mansion of Evil Spirits (1981)

Directed by Yûji Makiguchi

Overview

In the era of the ninth shogun, Ieshige, the Ooku of Edo Castle was a world of only women, with Tokiwa at the head and numbering up to a thousand.  The town girl Otoshi catches the eye of Oitsu-no-kata and is brought into the Ooku.  Oitsu receives the favor of Ieshige and is blessed with an heir, but Oko-no-kata resents Oitsu to the point of wanting to curse her to death. At that time, rumors of an evil spirit in the unopened room spread throughout the Ooku.

Length 91 minutes

Actors

Tomomi Iwai | Kayoko Shiraishi | Kôji Wada | Midori Yamamoto | Kaoru Yumi