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Yotsuya kaidan

  • 19491949
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
Horror
Iemon Tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husbandIemon Tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husbandIemon Tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
195
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
114,103
23,613
  • Director
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Writers
    • Eijirô Hisaita
    • Masaki Kobayashi(screenplay)
    • Nanboku Tsuruya(play)
  • Stars
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Ken Uehara
    • Hisako Yamane
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  • Director
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Writers
    • Eijirô Hisaita
    • Masaki Kobayashi(screenplay)
    • Nanboku Tsuruya(play)
  • Stars
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Ken Uehara
    • Hisako Yamane
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    • 4User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Kinuyo Tanaka and Ken Uehara in Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Ken Uehara in Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Keiji Sada, Osamu Takizawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Ken Uehara in Yotsuya kaidan (1949)

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    Kinuyo Tanaka
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Osode
    Ken Uehara
    Ken Uehara
    • Iemon Tamiya
    Hisako Yamane
    • Oume
    Haruko Sugimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    • Omaki
    Chôko Iida
    Chôko Iida
    • Okura
    Osamu Takizawa
    Osamu Takizawa
    • Gonbei Naosuke
    Jûkichi Uno
    • Yomoshichi - Osode's husband
    Keiji Sada
    Keiji Sada
    • Kohei Kobotoke
    Aizo Tamashima
    • Takuetsu, masseur
    Ken Mitsuda
    Ken Mitsuda
    • Kihee
    Yoshindo Yamaji
    • Tatsugorô, detective
    • (as Yoshito Yamaji)
    Daisuke Katô
    Daisuke Katô
    • Shinkichi
    Kanichi Kato
    • Prisoner
    Kimie Hayashi
    • Maid (hostel Fukazawa)
    Akio Miyajima
    • Servant (hostel Fukazawa)
    Atsuko Okawa
    • Woman at teahouse
    Sentarô Ôhigashi
    • Man at gambling den
    • Director
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
    • Writers
      • Eijirô Hisaita
      • Masaki Kobayashi(screenplay) (uncredited)
      • Nanboku Tsuruya(play)
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    • Connections
      Followed by Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen (1949)

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    7/10
    Kabuki
    It's the first part of a two-part movie. In the first, Ken Uehara is a ronin, dismissed from his post because thieves broke into his master's storehouse. He is married to Kinuyo Tanaka (in heavy make-up; she also figures as her own sister), but he is tired of poverty. So when Hisako Yamane develops a passion for him, his father suggests marriage, as soon as he can get rid of the "maid" who has been managing his household. He's tempted by the end of poverty, but will do nothing dishonorable, until gangster Osamu Takizawa, seeig many ways for him to profit.

    It's based on a play by Nanboku Tsuruya (1759-1829), a kabuki playwright given to supernatural and macabre themes. This was turned into a movie several times, beginning with a silent version in 1925. Although director Keisuke Kinoshita did not write the screenplay, he had a fondness for kabuki, and made a couple of other movies that show the form's influence, particularly THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA; the strong moral components and violent themes seem to have resonated with him.
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    • Release date
      • July 5, 1949 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Ghost of Yotsuya
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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