Ghost in the Well (怪談番町皿屋敷) 67 years old

Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He promised that his love was no passing infatuation & she would never suffer for it. She resisted his charms for some while knowing full well that they are of classes that do not intermarry, but in time he broke down her resistance, for how could she help but love him. Political expedience puts the young hatamoto in the way of a marriage with a woman of his own station. This will cement family connections & see his family safely through a crisis, at a time when many clans were finding themselves abolished on any pretext.

Credits

Ghost in the Well Cast

Name Character
Chiyonosuke Azuma He was 30, 74 years old when he died as Harima Aoyama
Hibari Misora She was 20, 52 years old when she died as Okiku
Satomi Oka She was 21, now 89 years old
Sôji Kiyokawa He was 53, 81 years old when he died
Ushio Akashi He was 58, 88 years old when he died
Michiko Hoshi She was 30, now 97 years old as Chizuru

Ghost in the Well Crew

Name Department
Michihei Muramatsu as Screenplay. Writing
Toshikazu Kono as Director. Directing
Ghost in the Well (67 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 13, 1957
  • Runtime: 45 minutes