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  1. The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I: Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Uehara, Hisako Yamane, Haruko Sugimura. Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished master-less samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.

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    • Horror
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
    • 1949-07-05
  2. May 16, 2024 · The first part ends with the murder of Oiwa, while all of the ghost story aspect takes place in the second half. It may have seemed awkward for Japanese audiences at the time seeing one film of 85 minutes and then having to wait to find the conclusion with another shorter piece of 75 minutes.

  3. Oct 1, 2024 · Directed by Kenji Misumi. Starring Kazuo Hasegawa, Yasuko Nakada, Mieko Kondô, Hideo Takamatsu, Yôko Uraji. 83 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles. BUY FROM AMAZON (ad) BLU-RAY SET. Kenji Misumi’s serves a unique take on a classic ghost story… Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, Yotsuya Kaidan, Ghost story of Yotsuya, The Ghost of Yotsuya.

  4. Simultaneously, having ingested the poison, Oiwa's face breaks out in horrific boils. In a fit of madness, Oiwa attacks Takuetsu with a razor, but instead mortally wounds herself. As she dies, she swears revenge on Iemon. Iemon returns to the house and kills Takuetsu.

  5. Nov 2, 2023 · What's most interesting about Ghost of Yotsuya is how patient it is in it's plot development. What starts out as a standard samurai film, eventually cascades into full blown insanity. Graphic horror imagery and surrealism take the reigns, and never let go until it's wild finale.

    • Nobuo Nakagawa
  6. Aug 5, 2015 · The treacherous inmate Naosuke (Osamu Takizawa) helps to bust a prison riot and is rewarded his freedom together with his colleague Kohei (Keiji Sada).

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  8. The Ghost of Yotsuya Part I is a story based on a play by Nanboku Tsuruya from the 19th century. Both the original play and the film are about a poor samurai who wants to poison his wife in order to be able to remarry a woman from a rich family.