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Peony Lantern (1968)

Peony Lantern poster
Original title
牡丹燈籠
Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Genre
fantastique film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a ghost. The story follows their doomed romance and the haunting consequences.

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What happens

The Bride From Hades (Japanese: 牡丹燈籠, Hepburn: Botan-dôrô), also known as Peony Lantern, is a 1968 Japanese horror film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It is based on the Japanese ghost story Botan Dōrō or Peony Lantern, in which a man falls in love with the ghost of a deceased woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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