Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959)

Original title

東海道四谷怪談

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Genre

horror film, ghost film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A samurai plots against his wife to marry a wealthier woman. His actions set off a series of ghostly encounters and tragic consequences.

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What happens

The Ghost of Yotsuya (Japanese: 東海道四谷怪談, Hepburn: Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan) is a 1959 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. The film is based on the kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan. It was among the many horror films that Nakagawa adapted for Shintoho in the late 1950s and was one of the many adaptations of the play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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