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Curse of the Blood (1968)

Curse of the Blood poster
Original title
怪談残酷物語
Directed by
Kazuo Hase
Genre
samurai cinema
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A samurai is haunted by a cursed pond that brings misfortune and madness. The film follows his struggle against supernatural forces rooted in a bloody past.

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What happens

Curse of the Blood (Japanese: 怪談残酷物語, Hepburn: Kaidan Zankoku Monogatari) is a 1968 Japanese jidaigeki horror film directed by Kazuo Hase and screenplay by Masashige Narusawa. It stars Masakazu Tamura. Curse of the Blood was adapted from the novel Kaidan Kasanegafuchi written by Renzaburō Shibata. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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