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The Ghost of Oiwa
The Ghost of Oiwa

THE GHOST OF OIWA

Yotsuya kaidan - Oiwa no borei

Directed by Kazuo Mori
Japan, 1969
Horror

Synopsis

The complicated storyline takes place around 1786 and concerns the life of a masterless samurai, Iemon (Kei Sato) who is unhappy in marriage with his ailing wife Oiwa (Kazuko Ineno) and hates working for a living doing assembly piecework for umbrellas.

Synopsis

The complicated storyline takes place around 1786 and concerns the life of a masterless samurai, Iemon (Kei Sato) who is unhappy in marriage with his ailing wife Oiwa (Kazuko Ineno) and hates working for a living doing assembly piecework for umbrellas.