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The Ghost of Yotsuya (東海道四谷怪談, Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan) is a 1959 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. The film is based on the kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan. [1] It was among the many horror films that Nakagawa adapted for Shintoho in the late 1950s and was one of the many adaptations of the play.
The Shintoho studio produced Nobuo Nakagawa's 1959 Ghost of Yotsuya (Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan), [11] which is often considered by critics to be the finest screen adaptation of the story. Toho produced a version of Ghost of Yotsuya in 1965 directed by Shirō Toyoda and starring Tatsuya Nakadai that was released as Illusion of Blood abroad. [ 12 ]
The Ghost of Yotsuya may refer to: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959 Shintoho film) The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959 Daiei film) This page was last edited on 2 ...
It was at Shintoho after the war that he became known for his cinematic adaptations of Japanese kaidan, especially his masterful version of Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan in 1959. To Western audiences, his most famous film is Jigoku (1960), which he also co-wrote. The film was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection in 2006.
Illusion of Blood was based on the kabuki play Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan by Nanboku Tsuruya, which had already been adapted to film before, including The Yotsuya Ghost Story I & II and The Yotsuya Ghost Story. This version of the film focuses on the increasing madness of the character of Iemon Tamiya. [1]
Crest of Betrayal, known in Japan as Chūshingura Gaiden: Yotsuya Kaidan (Japanese: 忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Side Story: Yotsuya Ghost Story"), is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談, Yotsuya Kaidan) is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masaki Mori. [1] It is a Japanese horror film based on the Japanese ghost story ( kaidan ) about Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon.