The Pit of Death
1968, Japanese. Directed by Kōji Shima.
Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the company president. He is engaged to an employee named Nishino Etsuko, but he used her for his own career advancement and kills her so that he can marry the company president's daughter. When Kuramoto returns from his honeymoon with his new wife, Etsuko's brother shows up in search of the whereabouts of his missing sister.
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kōji ShimaDirector
- Mikio NaritaHaruo Kuramoto
- Mako SanjōMidori Yukawa
- Mayumi NagisaEtsuko Nishino
- Eiji FunakoshiFumio Nishino
- Yūzō HayakawaSakabe
- Mariko FukuharaHanako
- Yukiko TsuyamaNamiko
- Mari AtsumiReceptionist
- Mitsuko TanakaNatsuko Fukuhara
- Akihiko KatayamaYasuhara
- Sho NatsukiCast
- Bontarō MiakePresident Yukawa
Details
- Released
- 15 June 1968
- Original title
- 怪談おとし穴
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kazuo Funahashi
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The Pit of Death runs 78 minutes (1h 18m).
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The Pit of Death isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 June 1968. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Pit of Death?
The Pit of Death (1968) was directed by Kōji Shima and stars Mikio Narita, Mako Sanjō, Mayumi Nagisa.