Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern
1979, Japanese. Directed by Junji Kurata.
Dance teacher Omiyo survives a double suicide with her lover and is forced into life as the courtesan Tamagiku in Yoshiwara. Living in misery, she meets Gengo, her lover’s look-alike brother, and they fall in love. Jealous rival Naraya frames Gengo as a criminal, and he is struck by lightning and killed before Tamagiku’s eyes. After her own death, Tamagiku rises from hell to seek revenge on Naraya and his allies.
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- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 August 1979
- Original title
- 日本名作怪談劇場 怪談 玉菊燈籠
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Taizō Fuyushima
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Watch Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1979), Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Purple Kengyō Vampire (1979), Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost-Cat of Saga (1979), and Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tone no Watashi (1979) first, plus 2 earlier titles listed on this page.
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Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern runs 45 minutes (0h 45m).
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Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 1979. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern?
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern (1979) was directed by Junji Kurata and stars Shinobu Yuki, Toshio Egi, Keiko Nishioka.