The Ghost of Yotsuya

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

as Iemon Tamiya

Yasuko Nakada

as Oiwa

Yōko Uraji

as Oume

Mieko Kondō

as Osode

Jōji Tsurumi

as Kohei

Naritoshi Hayashi

as Yomoshichi

Hideo Takamatsu

as Naosuke Gombei

Chieko Murata

as Omaki

Kōichi Aihara

as Tôzô Kido

Shinobu Araki

as Hikoroku Matsumura

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