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Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki (1970)
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Horror · 1h 35m
Nobuo Nakagawa’s two-part adaptation of San’yūtei Enchō’s classic ghost tale follows the doomed romance between Shinzaburō and Otsuyu, whose death does not end their relationship. As Otsuyu’s spirit returns night after night, the greed of their neighbour Banzō sets in motion a widening chain of betrayal, murder and supernatural revenge. In 2007, the two parts were screened together theatrically as a single 95-minute work during a repertory run at Cinema Vera Shibuya in Tokyo.
Cast
Ryo Tamura
Rokkō Toura
Machiko Hasegawa
Akira Nagoya
Asao Uchida
Sumiko Abe
Jun Ōtomo
Crew
- Director
- Nobuo Nakagawa
- Screenplay
- Ichirō Miyagawa
Details
- Original title
- 日本怪談劇場・牡丹燈籠 鬼火の巻 / 螢火の巻
- Release date
- 1970-07-11
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Horror
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese