The Yotsuya Ghost Story (Part I & II)

The Yotsuya Ghost Story (Part I & II)
  • Samstag 27.5. 21:30 Uhr German Film Museum
    (Tickets only available at the German Film Museum)
  • 新釈四谷怪談 (前篇/後篇)
    Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan (zenpen/kohen)
  • Japan 1949, 35mm, 159 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director: Keisuke KINOSHITA
  • Script: Eijiro HISAITA nach einem Theaterstück by Nanboku TSURUYA
  • Production: Shochiku
  • Camera: Hiroshi KUSUDA
  • Cast: Ken UEHARA, Kinuyo TANAKA, Osamu TAKIZAWA, Keiji SADA, Haruko SUGIMURA
  • Rights: Shochiku
  • Film copy: National Film Center Tokyo

Influenced by an old friend, down-and-out masterless samurai Iemon forges a plan to murder his obedient wife Oiwa and marry the rich and beautiful Oume. However, plagued by his guilty conscience, he is soon destined for doom. Keisuke KINOSHITA reinterprets the classic horror story as a human tragedy. Instead of malice and hate, he depicts weak souls sealing their own tragic fate.


From the collection of the National Film Center, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

 

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