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Ghost Story of Yotsuya

1959 · 77 min

A slow, shadowy crawl toward dread, with kabuki-style ghosts and creeping madness that leave a chill long after.

Overview
This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • greed
  • guilt
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa
Written by
Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Masayoshi Ônuki
Starring
Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Katsuko Wakasugi, Shuntarō Emi, Ryūzaburō Nakamura, Junko Ikeuchi, Jun Ōtomo, Hiroshi Hayashi
Music
Chumei Watanabe
Cinematography
Tadashi Nishimoto
Runtime
77 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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