A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later. Despite the Asian setting, it has a sort of strong sense of the gothic that brings to mind the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Credits
The 8-Tomb Village Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Ittoku Kishibe
He was 49, now 77 years old
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as Youzou Tajimi / Hisaya / Shouzaemon |
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Etsushi Toyokawa
He was 34, now 62 years old
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as Kousuke Kindaichi |
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Shin Takuma
He was 40, now 68 years old
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as Shintaro Satomura |
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Renji Ishibashi
He was 55, now 83 years old
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Hisako Manda
She was 38, now 66 years old
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as Haruyo Tajimi |
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Mai Kitajima
She was 24, now 52 years old
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as Noriko Satomura |
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Saburo Ishikura
He was 49, now 78 years old
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Kazuya Takahashi
He was 27, now 55 years old
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as Tatsuya Terada |
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Kyōko Kishida
She was 66, 76 years old when she died
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as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi |
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Yūko Asano
She was 36, now 64 years old
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as Miyako Mori |
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Takeshi Kato
He was 54, 39 years old when he died
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as Inspector Todoroki |
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Kayoko Shiraishi
She was 54, now 83 years old
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as Koicha no ama |
The 8-Tomb Village Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Kon Ichikawa as Director. He was 80 (92) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Kon Ichikawa as Screenplay. He was 80 (92) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Seishi Yokomizo as Original Story. He was 94 (79) years old when He died
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Writing |
