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The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya (1910)
Horror
The first version of a kabuki ghost story which would be filmed numerous times, the story is based on a historical incident which occurred in 1622 when an assassination attempt Tokugawa lemitsu, during his visit to Utsunomiya Castle. This alleged plan involved luring lemitsu into a "death-trap" room with a falling ceiling filled with rocks. A sub-plot involves retribution by the ghost of a man murdered and buried in a well.
Cast
Matsunosuke Onoe
Details
- Original title
- 宇都宮釣天井
- Release date
- 1910-11-01
- Genres
- Horror
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- No Language, Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Yokota Shokai