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Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959)

Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan poster
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
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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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