The Dismembered Ghost
Masako, the young lady of the family estate, returning from overseas following the death of her diplomat father. She had originally left in opposition to his second marriage to the avaricious Tomoko, who now parades her new lover Goro around the house as if it were her own. When the family lawyer informs the gathered masses that it is Masako who is the legal inheritor of the entire estate, her elder sister Sumie and fiance Shinjiro join Tomoko and Goro in hacking up the unfortunate heiress with an axe. It is not long before the assorted pieces of Masako begin cropping up to drive them all insane, followed by her apparition in the traditional white smock with eyes peering wildly through straggly black hair.
Cast
Reiko Akikawa
as Masako Koizumi
Miki Hayashi
as Sumie, Masako's sister-in-law
Setsu Shimizu
as Tomoko
Kenichiro Sugiyama
as Goro Tsukagoshi
Hiroshi Ikaida
as Shinjiro
Hachiro Tsuruoka
as Izaki, a lawyer
Kyōzō Fuyuki
as Monk
Yôko Fuji
as Nurse
Sakae Nitta
as Detective
