The Ghosts of Yotsuya

Year: 1956

Runtime: 86 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Masaki Mōri

Horror

Oiwa spends years hunting the man who murdered her father, ultimately arriving in Yedo where she encounters Naosuke, a seemingly ordinary merchant who becomes entangled in her quest. Based on the celebrated 1826 kabuki play Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan by Tsuruya Nanboku, the film retells one of Japan’s most famed ghost stories, blending historical Edo‑period atmosphere with classic supernatural revenge.

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