Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
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1959
1 hr 6 min
Horror
A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offense!
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- Cast：
- Tomisaburō Wakayama , Hiromi Hanazono , Shinobu Chihara , Harumi Urazato , Nakajirō Tomita , Haruo Tanaka
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
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Disturbing yet enthralling
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Did you people see the same film I saw?
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Best movie of this year hands down!
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