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 samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a ...
A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat...
The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is...
A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fi...
When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and...
While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of...
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...
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...
About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S...
A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes....
Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls i...
1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take...