The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
- Eijiro HisaitaScreenplay
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kinuyo TanakaOiwa / Osode
- Ken UeharaTamiya Iemon
- Hisako YamaneOume
- Haruko SugimuraOshin
- Chōko IidaOkura
- Osamu TakizawaNaosuke Gonbei
- Jūkichi UnoYomoshichi
- Keiji SadaKobotoke Kohei
- Aizo TamashimaTakuetsu, the masseur
- Ken MitsudaIchimonjiya Kihei
- Yoshito YamajiTatsugoro
- Daisuke KatōShinkichi
Stills
Themes
ghost storyjealous husbanddevoted wifeill wifemurdered wife