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Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo poster
Original title
怪談本所七不思議
Directed by
Gorō Kadono
Genre
horror film, ghost film
Country
Japan
Runtime
55 min
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wandering storyteller recounts seven eerie tales from the Honjo district. Each story involves a ghost or a supernatural event tied to a local place.

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What happens

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (怪談本所七不思議, Kaidan Honjo Nanafushigi) (a.k.a. Seven Mysteries) is a 1957 black-and-white, full screen Japanese film directed by Goro Katono. It is Japanese horror film (J-Horror) based on the story Seven Wonders of Honjo (本所七不思議, Honjo Nanafushigi) by Akira Sugawa. It was never dubbed in English, nor shown in the United States. The Japanese title translates as Ghost Story of the Seven Wonders of Honjo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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