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The Curse of the Ghost
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The Curse of the Ghost

1969-06-28 · 94 min · ★ 6.8

Horror

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to the hand-to-mouth conditions & piecework of umbrella making. Having hired ruffians to make him look like a superior swordsman, he arranges for himself the opportunity of a profitable marriage. He hires the half-blind masseur Takuetsu (Sawamura Sounosuke) to seduce or rape his wife (Kyoko Mikage), so that she can be divorced or killed for adultery. But the masseur takes pity & informs Oiwa of her husband's horrid plot. Assisted by the merchant's daughter he intends to marry, Iyemon disfigures his wife attempting to poison her so he can marry higher. There's a lovingly gruesome sequence as she combs blad patches into her hair, kneeling deformed at her mirror, weeping with bitterness. She eventually cuts her own throat, swearing revenge.

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Directors
Kazuo Mori
Production companies
Daiei Film
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kazuko InanoKazuko InanoOiwa
Kei SatōKei SatōIyemon
Yoshihiko AoyamaYoshihiko AoyamaYomoshichi, a Samurai
Akiji KobayashiAkiji KobayashiNaosuke
Kyoko MikageKyoko Mikage
Sonosuke SawamuraSonosuke Sawamura
Jun HamamuraJun Hamamura
Yasuhiro MinakamiYasuhiro Minakami
Gen KimuraGen Kimura
Tatsuo HanabuTatsuo Hanabu
Saburo DateSaburo Date
Ikuko MōriIkuko Mōri
Yūsaku TerashimaYūsaku Terashima
Shōzō NanbuShōzō Nanbu
Tokio Oki
Chikako Masago
Kimiko TachibanaKimiko Tachibana
Teruko ŌmiTeruko Ōmi
Shintarō Nanjō
Hajime Koshikawa

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