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.
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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.
Movie details
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
1959 Horror 1h 17m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Ghost Story of Yotsuya?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa
Written by
Yoshihiro Ishikawa · Masayoshi Ônuki
Shigeru Amachi
Iemon Tamiya
Noriko Kitazawa
Sode
Katsuko Wakasugi
Iwa
Shuntarō Emi
Naosuke
Ryūzaburō Nakamura
Yomoshichi
Junko Ikeuchi
Ume Itô
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 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.