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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Botan Dōrō

1979, Japanese. Directed by Yūichi Harada.

Otsuyu, the daughter of a samurai, takes her life after being forced into an unwanted marriage, and her maid Omi follows her in death. Together as spirits, they visit Otsuyu’s lover, Shinzaemon. Believing Otsuyu is alive, Shinzaemon rekindles their relationship, but he soon begins to waste away. A concerned neighbor consults a doctor, who reveals that Shinzaemon is being haunted and his death is near.

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Released
15 August 1979
Original title
日本名作怪談劇場 怪談 牡丹燈籠
Country
Japan
Written by
Kei Hattori

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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Botan Dōrō runs 45 minutes (0h 45m).

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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Botan Dōrō (1979) was directed by Yūichi Harada and stars Akiko Kana, Jinya Sato, Sanji Kojima.

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