Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan

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Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan
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Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Produced by Mitsugu Okura
Written by Masayoshi Ônuki (screenplay)
Yoshihiro Ishikawa (screenplay)
Nanboku Tsuruya (play)
Starring Shigeru Amachi
Music by Michiaki Watanabe
Cinematography Tadashi Nishimoto
Distributed by Shintoho
Release dates
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  • July 1, 1959 (1959-07-01)
Running time
76 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (東海道四谷怪談?) is a 1959 Japanese horror film, directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and based on the 19th century Japanese kabuki play by Nanboku Tsuruya titled Yotsuya Kaidan.[1]

Plot

Ruthless samurai Iemon Tamiya wants to marry Iwa and when her father refuses, Iemon kills him and disposes of the body with assistance of Naosuke. Later, tiring of his wife and wishing to marry the heiress Ume Itō, Iemon plots to murder his wife by mixing a poison into her tea and also killing her admirer Takuetsu. Her health deteriorates into a slow agonizing death. The ghosts of Iwa and Takuetsu appear and take vengeance on Iemon and his new wife.

Cast

References

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