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Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen

  • 19491949
  • 1h 13m
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Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen (1949)
Horror
In this second part to The Yotsuda Phantom, Iemon's apparent success is minimized by his own feelings of guilt, the quickly mounting evidence, and Naosuke's constant hounding.In this second part to The Yotsuda Phantom, Iemon's apparent success is minimized by his own feelings of guilt, the quickly mounting evidence, and Naosuke's constant hounding.In this second part to The Yotsuda Phantom, Iemon's apparent success is minimized by his own feelings of guilt, the quickly mounting evidence, and Naosuke's constant hounding.
IMDb RATING
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131
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114,989
51,663
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    • Director
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
    • Writer
      • Eijirô Hisaita
    • Stars
      • Kinuyo Tanaka
      • Ken Uehara
      • Hisako Yamane
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    • Director
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
    • Writer
      • Eijirô Hisaita
    • Stars
      • Kinuyo Tanaka
      • Ken Uehara
      • Hisako Yamane
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    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Kinuyo Tanaka
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Osode
    Ken Uehara
    Ken Uehara
    • Lemon Tamiya
    Hisako Yamane
    • Oume
    Haruko Sugimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    • Omaki
    Chôko Iida
    Chôko Iida
    • Okura - Kohei's mother
    Osamu Takizawa
    Osamu Takizawa
    • Gonbei Naosuke
    Jûkichi Uno
    • Yomoshichi - Osode's father
    Keiji Sada
    Keiji Sada
    • Kohei Kobotake
    Aizo Tamashima
    • Takuetsu, masseur
    Ken Mitsuda
    Ken Mitsuda
    • Kihei
    Yoshindo Yamaji
    • Tatsugorô, detective
    • (as Yoshito Yamaji)
    Daisuke Katô
    Daisuke Katô
    • Shinkichi
    Shigeo Shizuyama
    • Samurai
    Kenzô Tanaka
    Haruo Inoue
    • Clerk
    Kimie Hayashi
    • Maid (hostel Fukagawa)
    Akio Miyajima
    • Servant (hostel Fukagawa)
    • Director
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
    • Writer
      • Eijirô Hisaita
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    5/10
    Too long, too melodramatic
    Kinoshita's 1949 adaptation of the classic story is essentially a melodrama about villains doing anything they can to get ahead, with a guilt melodrama as the psychological basis for the ostensible "supernatural" element. The latter really does not come into play until the very end of part two of this two-part movie, and even then it's merely a punctuation mark at the conclusion of the two and a half hours that precedes it.

    Nakagawa's 1959 version of the tale is far better in every way. The 1949 version is too long and slowly paced, the score is too melodramatic, the melodrama itself is overwrought, as is the acting. The one thing this version has going for it are a good many beautiful tracking shots, which is the movie's defining stylistic characteristic.

    Regarding the pacing, I have no problem with long movies. The problem here is that Kinoshita's attempt at telling this story is not methodically or deliberately paced; it is fidget-inducing. At least 40 minutes could have been edited out with nothing lost in terms of story, theme, character development, or visual appeal.

    On the other hand the 1959 version is beautiful to look at, very well acted and edited, with a subtle score that punctuates the the mood and action without overwhelming it.

    I can't imagine sitting through Kinoshita's film a second time, whereas I've seen Nakagawa's version twice and would buy it if it ever gets a decent Blu-ray release. (As of this writing, September 2021, both versions are streaming on the Criterion channel but neither has a Criterion disc release.)
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    • Release date
      • July 16, 1949 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Новый Ёцуя-Кайдан. Часть 2
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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