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Ghost Story of Yotsuya

Ghost Story of Yotsuya

Horror · 1959

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.

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Ghost Story of Yotsuya

1959 Horror 1h 17m

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6.5 / 10

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This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.

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Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Written by

Yoshihiro Ishikawa · Masayoshi Ônuki

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Iemon Tamiya

Noriko Kitazawa

Noriko Kitazawa

Sode

Katsuko Wakasugi

Katsuko Wakasugi

Iwa

Shuntarō Emi

Shuntarō Emi

Naosuke

Ryūzaburō Nakamura

Ryūzaburō Nakamura

Yomoshichi

Junko Ikeuchi

Junko Ikeuchi

Ume Itô

Jun Ōtomo

Jun Ōtomo

Takuetsu

Court is in session

Put Ghost Story of Yotsuya on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.