During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.
A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lover...
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree fo...
The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred y...
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daught...
Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel...
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy me...
Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him ...
Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.
Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the comp...
About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S...
One murky night, Soetsu, a blind acupuncturist and money lender, calls on Shinzaemon Fukami, a Hatam...
Horror filmed directed by Kinya Ogawa.
A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offens...
A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to ...
The curse of a jealous woman destroys lovers on the run. Considered a lost film.