Nobuo Nakagawa’s two-part adaptation of San’yūtei Enchō’s classic ghost tale follows the doomed romance between Shinzaburō and Otsuyu, whose death does not end their relationship. As Otsuyu’s spirit returns night after night, the greed of their neighbour Banzō sets in motion a widening chain of betrayal, murder and supernatural revenge. In 2007, the two parts were screened together theatrically as a single 95-minute work during a repertory run at Cinema Vera Shibuya in Tokyo.

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Cast

Ryo Tamura

Shinzaburō / Hagiwara Shinzaburō

Rokkō Toura

Banzō

Machiko Hasegawa

Okuni

Akira Nagoya

Shijō / Yamamoto Shijō

Asao Uchida

Ryōseki

Sumiko Abe

Omine

Jun Ōtomo

Yūsai