Pulse japanese horror, japanese movie poster, japanese movie. The ghost of yotsuya tokaido yotsuya kaidan 1959 dvd uk region. The ghost of yotsuya is based upon one of the most famous japanese ghost stories, yotsuya kaidan, originally written in 1825 as a kabuki play. The ghost of yotsuya 1959 a ghost rises from the grave to seek revenge on the husband shigeru amachi who killed her. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan 1959 aka the ghost of yotsuya. If youve seen the ghost of oiwa which i have uploaded here at the archive. In japanese w english subtitles if youve seen the ghost of oiwa which i have uploaded here at the archive. Download vintage exploitation horror giallo scifi cat. The ghost of yotsuya is yet another adaptation of the timeless japanese ghost story yotsuya kaidan. Years later, iemon decides he is better off marrying a rich heiress instead, leading him to murder oiwa. Pulse jhorror, kiyoshi kurosawa 2001 original print japanese. Based on one of the most famous japanese ghost stories of all time.
The ghost of yotsuya 1959 0701 1959 jp horror 1h 16m user score. The ghost of a samurais wife takes revenge on her husband. The ghost of yotsuya 1959 ganzer film deutsch hd filme. Ghoststoryofyotsuya scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. According to myth, oiwa was married to a samurai named.
Written in 1825 by tsuruya nanboku iv as a kabuki play, the original title was tokaido yotsuya kaidan. Naosuke, a friend of tamiya, witnesses the murder and helps him dispose of the bodies. The kabuki play is the interweaving of three tales of murder and horror. Tamiya is a samurai who wants to marry iwa, and kills her father and several of his men to do so. Not everyone wants to watch a movie for a few moments, but i will if they are actually. Despite its tremendous reputation, nakagawas ghost story of yotsuya belongs to the more routine yotsuya kaidan adaptations. It has been filmed countless times over the years but nobuo nakagawas 1959 version of the ghost of yotsuya might be the definitive version.
Even chinese, american, and other countries ghost stories are now taking their imagery from yotsuya kaidan indirectly via the japanese hit movies which were inspired by it. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan is one of the most popular and famous of all japanese ghost stories. Nobuo nakagawa tokaido yotsuya kaidan 1959 vos youtube. It is now generally shortened, and loosely translates as ghost story of yotsuya. Yotsuya kaidan, the story of oiwa and tamiya iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge.
Ghost story of yotsuya 1959, directed by nobuo nakagawa. I was expecting something far similar to the black cat. The ghost of yotsuya tokaido yotsuya kaidan is a 1959 japanese horror film directed by nobuo nakagawa. With shigeru amachi, noriko kitazawa, katsuko wakasugi, shuntaro emi. Hasegawa kazuo,nakata yasuka, uraji yoko from one of japans premier filmmakers. Ghost story of yotsuya aka tokaido yotsuya kaiden directed by nobuo nakagawa japan. Free download from source, api support, millions of users.
Yotsuya kaidan 1825, which variously translates as yotsuya ghost story or ghost story of yotsuya, is the most famous japanese ghost story. Neben diesem werk gab es 1959 eine neuverfilmung des. The ghosts of yotsuya 1959 fantastic movie musings and. The shintoho studio produced nobuo nakagawas 1959 ghost of yotsuya tokaido yotsuya kaidan, which is often considered by critics to be the finest screen adaptation of the story. Japanese movie poster for the ghost of yotsuya 1959 nobuo nakagawa.
The most famous example can be found in the fate of oiwa in the tale of yotsuya kaidan. I love me some vengeful ghosts taking down cocky samurais. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan ghost story of yotsuya nr, 1 hr 40 min art house. Pdf welltravelled female avengers the transcultural potential. Lurking in the shadows of nobuo nakagawas famous film version of japans yotsuya kaidan ghost tale, kenji misumis ghost of yotsuya produced the same year is often overlooked. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan ghost story of yotsuya 1959.
It uses brilliant camera tricks to pull off ghostly hallucinations. It is based on the 1825 kabuki play yotsuya kaidan, which became hugely famous in japan and is probably the trope maker for stringyhaired ghost girl. Oiwa is the vengeful ghost whose forceful dedication for revenge offers her the opportunity to return back to earth. Shigeru amachi as iemon tamiya katsuko wakasugi as oiwa shuntaro emi as naosuke.
The story is one of fate, passion, betrayal and revenge all. Misumi kenji japans most popular ghost story has been told many times, but filmmaker misumi kenji puts a new twist on this old story. Part of the magic of the film is watching the descending path into more and more intense situations, so i will try to refrain from directly describing most of the film beyond the opening. Oiwa the ghost story of yotsuya a long time ago in the area of tokyo known as yotsuya there. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan ghost story of yotsuya movie. Iemon tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband. The ghost of yotsuya 1959 kenji misumi giallo, pinku, wip, rape and revenge, cat. Performed as a kabuki play, yotsuya kaidan was very loosely based on a reallife story about a samurai who nailed his adulterous wife and lover to a door and threw their bodies in a river. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. The ghost of yotsuya is a perfect example of the genre. All the more shocking for being vividly shown in colour, this old traditional ghost story uses hammer tactics to breathe new. Arguably the most famous japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times, and continues to be an influence on japanese horror today. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ghost story of yotsuya near you.
The ghost of yotsuya 1959, japan, tokaido yotsuya kaidan region 2 ntsc dvd from eclipse wow, 1959, and the little bits of blood and violence in the early hammer films must have made quite an impression in japan. Impecunious samurai iemon and his conniving servant naosuke commit. I already knew that i would like this movie before watching it because takashi miikes retelling over your dead body is one of my favourite horror movies but i didn. Ghost of yotsuya, part ii is a film directed by keisuke kinoshita with kinuyo tanaka, ken uehara, haruko sugimura, keiji sada, year. It is also known as the ghost of yotsuya 1959 in film reference sources. Produced the same year as ghost story of yotsuya, kenji misumis excellent, but overlooked version doesnt have to hide behind the reputation of nakagawas unjustly more famous adaptation. The ghosts of yotsuya 1959 classic horror film board. This classic japanese horror movie made in 1959 and directed by nobuo nakagawa is based on an 18thcentury masterpiece written by nanboku tsuruya. A ghost rises from the grave to seek revenge on the husband shigeru amachi who killed her. Ghost of yotsuya directed by misumi kenji starring.
Less powerful than kenji misumis cinematization, released the same year, and not nearly as emotionally nuanced as keisuke kinoshitas masterful twopart 1949 version, ghost story of yotsuya is primarily a film of. Spirit of vengeance, ghost in the shell, ghost in the shell. The ghost of yotsuya 1959 directed by nobuo nakagawa. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan ghost story of yotsuya movie script. Toho produced a version of ghost of yotsuya in 1965 directed by shiro toyoda and starring tatsuya nakadai that was released as illusion of blood abroad. The ghosts of yotsuya 1959 aka tokaido yotsuya kaidan article 2349 by dave sindelar viewing date.
Ghost story of yotsuya in tokaido is a 1959 japanese horror film, directed by nobuo nakagawa and based on the 19th century japanese kabuki play by nanboku tsuruya titled yotsuya kaidan. But oiwa is hideously disfigured by poison and kills herself and the baby and then returns as a ghost to exact vengeance. Based on a kabuki play written in 1825 by nanboku tsuruya, the ghost of yotsuya japanese title. This 1959 color film tells the story of oiwa, japans most famous female ghost, originally written as a kabuki play by tsuruya nanboku iv in 1825.
Amazingly that came nine years later, but feels far. The ghost of yotsuya tokaido yotsuya kaidan film the. Oiwas story is based on reallife events and the real oiwa died in 1636. Shigeru amachi, noriko kitazawa, katsuko wakasugi, nobuo. It is gorgeous, using its kabuki roots to craft a theatrical, highly stylised experience. Iii, erotic, horror, scifi, the most insane, odd, rare exploitation movies are here. Yotsuya ghost story yotsuya kaidan 1959 color 84 min. Tokaido yotsuya kaidan 1959 rarefilmm the cave of forgotten. The trouble is there are so immensely many movies telling exactly the same story with few deviations from the source material. The ghost is a very creepy creation and it makes the movie. From 1959, a stunningly executed, nononsense exercise in oldfashioned ghost story chills.