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Peony Lantern Ghost Story

Version of Botan Dōrō.

Cast

Mikio Osawa

Mikio Osawa

as Hagiwara Shinzaburou

Rina Takagi

Rina Takagi

as Otsuyu

Ryoko Sakaguchi

Ryoko Sakaguchi

as

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

as

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