

The House Where Evil Dwells
1982-05-14 · 88 min · ★ 4.1
At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.
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- Directors
- Kevin Connor
- Production companies
- Cohen, Commercial Credit Holdings, Toei Company, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Countries
- United States of America, Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Edward AlbertTed Fletcher
Susan GeorgeLaura Fletcher
Doug McClureAlex Curtis
Mako HattoriOtami
Shunji SasakiShugoro (as Toshiyuki Sasaki)
Tsuyako OkajimaMajyo Witch
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