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Ghost Story: The House Where Butterflies Live (1983)
Directed by Keiichirō Yoshida
“Is the one who's really in power, the one who trembles for revenge...?”
Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 1h 32m
Yoshinari Bessho, the feudal lord of Tanba Province, is a collector of butterflies and has his concubines tattooed with butterflies as well. One day while hunting, Yoshinari sees Gennosuke Akizuki's beautiful wife, Okoto. He kidnaps her, tattoos a butterfly on her shoulder and takes her for his own. Feeling shame for what has happened, Okoto throws herself into a well and commits suicide. She then returns as a ruthless ghost that seeks revenge against Yoshinari and his retainers. Whenever the ghost appears, mysterious butterflies always fly around her...
Cast
Akiko Kana
Noboru Matsuhashi
Toru Minegishi
Tokuko Watanabe
Minako Mizushima
Crew
- Director
- Keiichirō Yoshida
- Screenplay
- Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Details
- Original title
- 怪談 妖蝶の棲む館
- Release date
- 1983-09-02
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Fuji Television Network, Haiyu-za Film Production Company Ltd.