Ghost of the Pearl Divers

The boozy mercenary of the title, based on the actual historical figure of Naoyuki Ban (1567-1615),...

Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls i...

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his e...

This film is about the curse of a jealous woman destroying the lovers on the run.

A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at le...

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...

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki....

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is...

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the sh...

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fi...

A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).

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...

Utaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She murdere...

Version of Botan Dōrō.