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The Ghost of Kasane (1957)

Genre : Horror

Runtime : 1H 6M

Director : Nobuo Nakagawa
Writer : Kōhan Kawauchi

Synopsis

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...

Actors

Katsuko Wakasugi
Katsuko Wakasugi
Rui
Keinosuke Wada
Keinosuke Wada
Fukami Shinkichi
Noriko Kitazawa
Noriko Kitazawa
Hisa
Tetsurō Tamba
Tetsurō Tamba
Jinjûrô Ômura
Kikuko Hanaoka
Kikuko Hanaoka
Otetsu
Sumiko Abe
Sumiko Abe
Otane
Akira Nakamura
Akira Nakamura
Shinzaemon Fukami
Unpei Yokoyama
Unpei Yokoyama
Kanzô
Fumiko Miyata
Fumiko Miyata
Fusae
Chisako Hara
Chisako Hara
Okumi
Yōji Misaki
Yōji Misaki
Orui's Father
Shûji Kawabe
Shûji Kawabe
Yamadaya Seitarô
Kyōji Kokonoe
Kyōji Kokonoe
Sangorô - Ohisa's Father
Yukio Sayama
Yukio Sayama
Kinsuke
Yoshihiko Nozaki
Yoshihiko Nozaki
Torahachi
Masayo Banri
Masayo Banri

Crews

Nobuo Nakagawa
Nobuo Nakagawa
Director
Kōhan Kawauchi
Kōhan Kawauchi
Screenplay
Enchô San'yûtei
Enchô San'yûtei
Author
Mitsugu Ôkura
Mitsugu Ôkura
Producer
Michiaki Watanabe
Michiaki Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Yoshimi Hirano
Yoshimi Hirano
Director of Photography
Toshio Gotô
Toshio Gotô
Editor
Akira Ogumi
Akira Ogumi
Art Direction
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Assistant Director

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