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The Blood of Rebirth
The Blood of Rebirth
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THE BLOOD OF REBIRTH

Yomigaeri no chi

Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Japan, 2009
Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis

The film is based on a a medieval Japanese legend of a masseur named Oguri who frees a princess from the clutches of an evil lord. For his crime the lord poisons and kills Oguri, but the masseur is sent back from the land of the dead as a hungry ghost from Buddhist mythology.

Synopsis

The film is based on a a medieval Japanese legend of a masseur named Oguri who frees a princess from the clutches of an evil lord. For his crime the lord poisons and kills Oguri, but the masseur is sent back from the land of the dead as a hungry ghost from Buddhist mythology.