Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (1957)

Original title

怪談累が淵

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Genre

horror film, ghost film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 06m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 19th century Japan, a blind masseur seeks a cure for his failing eyesight but instead provokes the ghost of a wronged woman. Her spirit returns to exact revenge on those who wronged her.

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What happens

Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (Japanese: 怪談累が渕, Hepburn: Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi; lit. Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp), also known as The Depths or The Ghost of Kasane, is a 1957 black-and-white/Scope Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa for Shintoho Films. The screenplay was based on a story called Shinkei Kasanegafuchi by Encho Sanyutei. The film was never dubbed in English and is only available in subtitled format. It was a short film, running 57 minutes. Daiei Film remade this film twice, once in 1960 (B&W/full screen) as Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi, and again in 1970 (Color/Scope) as The Masseur's Curse (both directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda). The 1960 version was never shown in the United States, nor was it dubbed in English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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