IMDB Info
Year: 1968
Rating: 6.6
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
Cast: Miyoko Akaza, Kôjirô Hongô, Hajime Koshikawa
Genre: Horror
Plot: More so than almost any other kaidan film I can think of, this film succeeds in genuinely creeping me out every time I watch it. Of course, every telling of the story deals with the necrophilic relationship of Shinzaburou with Otsuyu, but whereas later explicitly "pinku" works such as "Ai no Borei" depict their sexual encounters with relish, here it is only shown in glimpses, and those brief glimpses are horrific.



Shinzaburou's faithless servant and his wife provide the story's comic relief, only to be brutally murdered at the end of the film. Very depressing, not recommended for viewing by children, but still an excellent film overall, and one of the most faithful adaptations of Otogi Boko's telling of the Peony Lantern tale.



Ripped from the Daiei LaserDisc via Canopus ADVC-100 DV converter, edited with iMovie to 18 GB DV file, de-interlaced and cropped via Handbrake to 4.5 GB .mp4 file, cleaned up and gamma/contrast corrected with ffmpegX to .avi, 720x304 dpi, 320 bps Stereo mp3 audio.




Tag: 1968, Horror