The Ghosts of Yotsuya (1956)
Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the kabuki classic: Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan (1826) written by Tsuruya Nanboku and is one of the most famous ghost stories throughout Japan.
Director:
Masaki Mōri
Writers:
Hideo Oguni, Torao Tanabe.
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Iemon |
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Akemi Tsukushi as Oume |
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Chieko Sōma as Oiwa |
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Haruo Tanaka as Naosuke |
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Shigeru Ogura as Takuetsu |
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Unpei Yokoyama as |
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Chōko Iida as Omaki |
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Kō Mihashi as Ito Kihei |
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Masao Takamatsu as Samon |
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Michiko Ozawa as Osode |
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Kikuko Hanaoka as Oyumi |
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Hiroshi Izumida as |
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Eiichi Nobuo as |
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Sōten Kuni as |
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Yuko Mandai as |
| Writing | Nanboku Tsuruya | Original Story |
| Editing | Toshio Goto | Editor |
| Directing | Tatsuo Yamada | Assistant Director |
| Art | Haruyasu Kurosawa | Art Direction |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Production | Mitsugi Okura | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Kenji Murayama | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Hiroshi Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Torao Tanabe | Screenplay |
| Sound | Urato Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Masaki Mōri | Director |
| Lighting | Akira Yaguchi | Lighting Technician |