About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to the hand-to-mouth conditions & piecework of umbrella making. Having hired ruffians to make him look like a superior swordsman, he arranges for himself the opportunity of a profitable marriage. He hires the half-blind masseur Takuetsu (Sawamura Sounosuke) to seduce or rape his wife (Kyoko Mikage), so that she can be divorced or killed for adultery. But the masseur takes pity & informs Oiwa of her husband's horrid plot. Assisted by the merchant's daughter he intends to marry, Iyemon disfigures his wife attempting to poison her so he can marry higher. There's a lovingly gruesome sequence as she combs blad patches into her hair, kneeling deformed at her mirror, weeping with bitterness. She eventually cuts her own throat, swearing revenge.
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The Curse of the Ghost Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Kei Sato
He was 40, 81 years old when he died
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as Iyemon |
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Yoshihiko Aoyama
He was 25, now 80 years old
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as Yomoshichi, a Samurai |
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Akiji Kobayashi
He was 38, 65 years old when he died
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as Naosuke |
The Curse of the Ghost Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Kazuo Mori as Director. He was 58 (78) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Nanboku Tsuruya as Original Story. He was 214 (74) years old when He died
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Writing |
