Masaru Hiraizumi

The "lowly ronin" meets a child who is being chased bymen that killed his father before his eyes. Feeling indebted to the child for buying him dinner, the Ronin takes the child back to his village. There, the Ronin reluctantly gets involved in a pathetic revolt by the cowardly villagers against their tyrannical governor. Mifune at his best!

大映「妖怪」シリーズの第一弾。一つの怪談を語るたびにロウソクを消していく"百物語"から物語は始まる。悪徳商人・但馬屋が、長屋と氏神の社殿を取り壊して女郎宿を作る計画を立てた。長屋の住人は反対するが、悪代官と結託した但馬屋は強引に計画を進める。