Kôjirô Hongô

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A youthful and exciting version of Shinji Fujiwara’s original work of the same name, drawn by popular stars of the time. One day, thugs Ginnosuke (Kojiro Hongo), Matsu (Jun Fujimaki), and Yutaka (Jotaro Chinaba), who live hand-to-mouth, move into the Nakamura-za troupe, whose leader has died, in order to make money by selling it. The newly formed Nakamura-za, with Ginnosuke as its chairman, begins its activities, but the three members put aside their initial plans to make money and focus solely on acting.Read More »

Shinzaburo flees an unwanted marriage with his brother’s widow and lives quietly as a teacher distanced from his family. On the night of the summer Obon festival, he meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu, whom he doesn’t recognize as a ghost. But his interactions with her are leaving him weakened. Because she has a much more obviously ghostly attendant, Shinzaburo becomes frightened & visits Kiku, the temple priest, for an exorcism.Read More »

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Shinzaburo flees an unwanted marriage with his brother’s widow and lives quietly as a teacher distanced from his family. On the night of the summer Obon festival, he meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu, whom he doesn’t recognize as a ghost. But his interactions with her are leaving him weakened. Because she has a much more obviously ghostly attendant, Shinzaburo becomes frightened & visits Kiku, the temple priest, for an exorcism.Read More »

The murder of an old man on sacred grounds provokes the intervention of vengeful yôkai.Read More »